How much does City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,590 a year, and $15,150 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,220 a year.

How many City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College programs report graduate pay?

6 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Biological and Physical Sciences graduates leave with a median of $8,965 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College associate's programs that report debt.

Public college
Chicago, IL
6,409 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,086), and Biological and Physical Sciences the least ($30,203). The median program pays $35,144. City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,590Per year. Out-of-state $15,150

Average net price after aid$7,220Per year

Graduation rate18%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 6 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	NursingAbout 158 graduates a year	$70,086	Not reported	$15,660	7th of 34
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 74 graduates a year	$63,963	Not reported	$12,169	2nd of 19
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 23 graduates a year	$37,908	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 14
4	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 260 graduates a year	$32,380	Not reported	$9,500	5th of 41
5	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 22 graduates a year	$30,292	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
6	Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 112 graduates a year	$30,203	Not reported	$8,965	4th of 23

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Illinois programs in the field do too.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
1	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 118 graduates a year	$36,908	Not reported	$17,700	1st of 3
2	Practical NursingAbout 374 graduates a year	$36,493	Not reported	$9,500	17th of 26
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 211 graduates a year	$35,140	Not reported	$11,000	3rd of 12
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 103 graduates a year	$28,481	Not reported	$13,679	6th of 6
5	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$26,947	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 2

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,086
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$63,963
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$37,908
Liberal Arts and General Studies$32,380
Human Development and Family Studies$30,292

Lowest median debt

Biological and Physical Sciences$8,965
Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,500
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$12,169
Nursing$15,660

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 260 graduates a year
NursingAbout 158 graduates a year
Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 112 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 74 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,086 in their first year, the most of 6 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels