Parkland College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Champaign, IL
- 3,348 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
7 Parkland College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($55,060), and Biological and Physical Sciences the least ($26,547). The median program pays $39,246.
All 7 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 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.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$55,060
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$51,093
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$47,133
- Veterinary Technology$39,246
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$36,872
Lowest median debt
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$7,000
- Biological and Physical Sciences$8,628
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,250
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$13,500
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$13,625
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 253 graduates a year
- Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 116 graduates a year
- Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 38 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 31 graduates a year
- Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year
Common questions
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $55,060 in their first year, the most of 7 Parkland College associate's programs that report pay.
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair graduates leave with a median of $7,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Parkland College associate's programs that report debt.
In-district tuition and fees are $4,284 a year, and $13,266 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,048 a year.
7 associate's programs at Parkland College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.
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