VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, IL · Private · Large city · VCM
Private institution in Chicago, IL · 70 undergraduates · 97% acceptance rate · $47,863 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Student-faculty ratio
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $17,094832nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $30,9101,357th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $30,9101,275th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $38,8501,179th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,593rd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,8631,198th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,704820th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 46.7%1,279th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 66.7%1,386th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 97.3%1,471st most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 702,029th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 4.0:135th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 27.7%1,320th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 7 mi (MDW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducation | bachelors | $40,368 | $36,848 |
Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to VanderCook College of Music’s 70 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In IL
- St. John's College-Department of NursingSpringfield, IL · 76 undergrads
- Telshe Yeshiva-ChicagoChicago, IL · 78 undergrads
- Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie, IL · 81 undergrads
- Lakeview College of NursingDanville, IL · 81 undergrads
- Trinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesRock Island, IL · 59 undergrads
- National University of Health SciencesLombard, IL · 22 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchNorth Plainfield, NJ · 70 undergrads
- America Evangelical UniversityGardena, CA · 71 undergrads
- American Jewish UniversityLos Angeles, CA · 69 undergrads
- California Northstate UniversityElk Grove, CA · 69 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yaakov YitzchokLakewood, NJ · 69 undergrads
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater DetroitOak Park, MI · 71 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitevandercook.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 149639)
- Compare colleges in ILRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in IllinoisEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with St. John's College-Department of NursingSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: VanderCook College of Music vs St. John's College-Department of NursingHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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