+54%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College rose 54% between 2017 and 2020 ($4.2k → $6.5k).
Illinois · Public · Predominantly associate's
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
Chicago, Illinois. 4,186 undergraduate students. 41 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (3.6% → 0.0%).
+15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College rose 15% between 2006 and 2009 (7.0% → 8.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Illinois
Each tile compares this institution to the Illinois median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$41,625+23% · 6→10y
Illinois median $40,810$33,808
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry32.6%-9% · '97→'09
Illinois median 53.3%$4,370+148% · '97→'20
At program completion4,186-44% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS70.7%+27% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$4,380+177% · '00→'24
out-of-state $14,430SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.4%Median federal debt $4,370 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $41,625 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+27%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · retention rose
57.0% → 72.5%
-44%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · undergrad enrollment fell
7,841 → 4,372
+177%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · in-state tuition rose
$1,659 → $4,590
+117%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · out-of-state tuition rose
$6,976 → $15,150
+148%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · median debt rose
$2,625 → $6,500
+450%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · pell share rose
3.5% → 26.0%
+22%
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College · earnings_median_10yr rose
$34,200 → $41,625
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$442,969
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 3
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $4,708
- HS-only baseline · IL
- $38,300
- Years to complete
- 2
- CIP family
- 24
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Illinois
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College graduates earn $X” — not “City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.