City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
Chicago, Illinois
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- City
- 2,789 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.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $28,394 a year after finishingNationally: $31,375
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 87 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Information Science/StudiesCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,800
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 528 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
Engineering technology
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,388
- Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,265
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 90 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (8)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 132 finishedGraduates here earned $41,667 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 148 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 212 finishedGraduates here earned $36,176 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- MarketingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,966
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 38 finishedNationally: $41,294
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,286per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,805sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,710Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 0%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 37%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,2596 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $42,01810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- Not reportedfederal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 38%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 24%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-Richard J Daley 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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