Heartland Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • Public college
  • Normal, IL
  • 2,997 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Heartland Community College has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Nursing pays more in the first year ($66,171) than Liberal Arts and General Studies ($31,250).

In-district tuition and fees$5,550Per year. Out-of-state $13,110
Average net price after aid$12,013Per year
Graduation rate54%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

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.

Program names link to the program's own page, and Illinois ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $66,171 in their first year, the most of 2 Heartland Community 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

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