City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
Chicago, Illinois
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 6,409 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $36,101 a year after finishingNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 72 finishedGraduates here earned $39,962 a year after finishingNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 25 finishedGraduates here earned $74,448 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 107 finishedGraduates here earned $53,321 a year after finishingNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $68,955 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 215 finishedGraduates here earned $40,606 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $50,163 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 40 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $31,063 a year after finishingNationally: $33,452
Police, fire and corrections
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 363 finishedGraduates here earned $43,944 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 178 finishedGraduates here earned $75,230 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (6)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 102 finishedGraduates here earned $31,970 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degree · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $49,916 a year afterNationally: $45,311
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 110 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 281 finishedGraduates here earned $34,987 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 62 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,048
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,258per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,803sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,710Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 2%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 19%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $38,3636 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $39,83910 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $9,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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