10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$419,352at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Illinois Media School
⌖ Chicago, IL · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$419,352 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.
—Modeled economic break-even
−145%Modeled 10-year ROI
$31,960Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
Cost, completion and earnings context
$27,238Average net price / year
$31,635Cost of attendance
$31,960Median earnings · year 5 after completion
79.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
32Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$18,620Year 1
$34,937Year 4
$31,960Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$44,5562Radio, Television, and Digital Communication · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,0623Film/Video and Photographic Arts · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$31,567Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in IL
Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Chicago, IL
Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus
- Annual net price
- $26,435
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $31,960
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -146%
Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois
- Annual net price
- $27,793
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $32,960
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -141%
Stellar Career College
- Annual net price
- $25,959
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $30,696
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -150%
State Career College
- Annual net price
- $26,376
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $34,569
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -137%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $44,556 | $15,833 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $35,062 | $9,500 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $31,567 | $15,833 |
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.