Which North Central College major has the lowest debt?

Theatre graduates leave with a median of $21,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 18 North Central College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does North Central College cost?

Tuition and fees are $45,726 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $21,044 a year.

How many North Central College programs report graduate pay?

19 bachelor's programs at North Central College report first-year pay, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

North Central College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Naperville, IL
2,428 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 North Central College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Management Science pays the most in the first year ($85,168), and Theatre the least ($20,416). The median program pays $45,464.

Tuition and fees$45,726Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$21,044Per year

Graduation rate64%Within 6 years

Admission rate77%Of applicants

All 19 bachelor'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 bachelor'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	Management ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$85,168	Not reported	$26,851	1st of 13
2	AccountingAbout 29 graduates a year	$58,717	$79,216	$26,667	11th of 28
3	Human ResourcesAbout 10 graduates a year	$53,587	$71,402	$24,314	3rd of 8
4	Computer ScienceAbout 24 graduates a year	$53,544	$108,019	$26,678	18th of 23
5	EconomicsAbout 17 graduates a year	$52,728	Not reported	$26,801	7th of 15
6	FinanceAbout 35 graduates a year	$51,420	$83,703	$27,000	16th of 21
7	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 8 graduates a year	$48,549	$66,959	$26,899	1st of 9
8	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 10 graduates a year	$48,074	Not reported	$27,000	3rd of 21
9	Teacher EducationAbout 33 graduates a year	$47,668	$58,760	$27,000	6th of 38
10	MarketingAbout 44 graduates a year	$45,464	$62,422	$22,312	9th of 22
11	Business AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year	$44,934	$65,055	$24,900	24th of 38
12	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year	$34,609	$50,987	$27,000	3rd of 19
13	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 7 graduates a year	$30,167	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 8
14	SociologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$29,714	$50,634	$27,000	16th of 16
15	East Asian LanguagesAbout 5 graduates a year	$29,594	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
16	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 14 graduates a year	$28,037	$54,631	$22,000	7th of 10
17	PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year	$27,688	$53,147	$26,655	33rd of 35
18	NeuroscienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$26,908	Not reported	$23,323	4th of 6
19	TheatreAbout 16 graduates a year	$20,416	$34,084	$21,000	8th of 14

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.

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 74 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 50 graduates a year
MarketingAbout 44 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 35 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 33 graduates a year

Common questions

Management Science graduates earn a median of $85,168 in their first year, the most of 19 North Central College bachelor'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