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CNA classes in Illinois
Illinois has 43 accredited campuses awarding cna credentials. If you finish and work as a nursing assistant in Illinois, expect to start around $37,590–$39,420 and reach a median of $45,960 with experience; the top quarter earn $48,380 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Illinois). Graduates of these Illinois programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $29,088 in their first year, against $22,196 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What nursing assistants earn in Illinois
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 68,640 employed in Illinois. National median: $42,260.
Campuses in Illinois, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BellevilleCantonCartervilleCentraliaChampaignChicagoChicago HeightsCiceroCrystal LakeDanvilleDecaturDes PlainesDixonEast PeoriaElginFairfieldFreeportGlen EllynGodfreyGrayslakeHarrisburgInaJolietMaltaMattoonMolineMount CarmelNormalOglesbyOlneyPalatinePalos HillsPeoriaQuincyRed BudRiver GroveRobinsonRockfordSouth HollandSpringfield
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career Center of Southern Illinois | Red Bud | Public technical college | 7 | $40,666 | $15,170 | 57% | $33,855 |
| Black Hawk College | Moline | Public community college | 210 | $39,177 | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| John A Logan College | Carterville | Public community college | 81 | $36,473 | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public community college | 141 | $36,088 | $6,118 | 58% | not reported |
| Kaskaskia College | Centralia | Public community college | 152 | $35,773 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Sauk Valley Community College | Dixon | Public community college | 122 | $32,005 | $8,320 | 49% | not reported |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public community college | 165 | $29,841 | $5,500 | 42% | not reported |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public community college | 245 | $29,498 | $6,951 | 48% | not reported |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public community college | 53 | $28,679 | $7,500 | 49% | not reported |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy | Public community college | 26 | $24,350 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public community college | 231 | $22,259 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville | Public community college | 9 | $20,928 | $6,600 | 45% | not reported |
| Triton College | River Grove | Public community college | 176 | $20,417 | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | Public community college | 92 | $20,040 | not reported | 44% | not reported |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | Public community college | 213 | $17,711 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public community college | 232 | $15,947 | $3,500 | 37% | not reported |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public community college | 566 | not reported | $6,258 | 48% | not reported |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public community college | 539 | not reported | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public community college | 489 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public community college | 342 | not reported | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public community college | 305 | not reported | $8,312 | 25% | not reported |
| Heartland Community College | Normal | Public community college | 240 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines | Public community college | 221 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public community college | 191 | not reported | $8,403 | 21% | not reported |
| Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois | Springfield | for-profit career college | 148 | not reported | not reported | 69% | $33,634 |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | Public community college | 132 | not reported | $8,750 | 21% | not reported |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | Public community college | 127 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Rend Lake College | Ina | Public community college | 116 | not reported | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Parkland College | Champaign | Public community college | 109 | not reported | $4,370 | 32% | not reported |
| Highland Community College | Freeport | Public community college | 87 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta | Public community college | 84 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public community college | 84 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public community college | 66 | not reported | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| South Suburban College | South Holland | Public community college | 65 | not reported | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Morton College | Cicero | Public community college | 54 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Frontier Community College | Fairfield | Public community college | 49 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Spoon River College | Canton | Public community college | 48 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Methodist College | Peoria | non-profit college | 41 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin | Public community college | 41 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Lincoln Trail College | Robinson | Public community college | 39 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Olney Central College | Olney | Public community college | 30 | not reported | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Wabash Valley College | Mount Carmel | Public community college | 24 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeastern Illinois College | Harrisburg | Public community college | 10 | not reported | not reported | 55% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.