Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, Illinois
- Two-year college
- Public
- Rural
- 5,721 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 175 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 22 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
Child care and early education
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 32 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 38 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Engineering technology
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,589
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 127 finishedGraduates here earned $42,403 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 48 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 27 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 144 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 84 finishedGraduates here earned $73,575 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (20)
- American Sign LanguageCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,250
- American Sign LanguageAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $32,528
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate degree · 261 finishedGraduates here earned $34,771 a year afterNationally: $33,713
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 15 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Construction ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $59,911
- Construction ManagementAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $58,990
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Fine and Studio ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $32,800
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $24,176
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $48,237
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 495 finishedGraduates here earned $39,015 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $40,010
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $41,294
- MusicAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Social WorkCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $38,578
- Social WorkAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $34,827
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificateNationally: $28,258
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $2,551per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $11,765sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $3,576Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 6%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 44%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $44,7536 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $48,58210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $6,552federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 34%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 27%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 Waubonsee 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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