Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon, Illinois
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Rural
- 1,158 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
- Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
- Agricultural Business and ManagementAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,343
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Computers and IT
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,766
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $55,708 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 106 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 32 finishedGraduates here earned $63,999 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 78 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
Other programs (12)
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 17 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $45,889
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $24,176
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 126 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 130 finishedGraduates here earned $30,151 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $5,818per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $13,115sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $5,520Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 7%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 52%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,2446 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $45,32710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $8,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 51%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 21%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 Sauk Valley Community 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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