Imaging & Surgical Tech programs in Illinois
81 imaging & surgical tech programs at 46 Illinois schools are in the federal data. Where earnings are reported (31 programs), the state median is $60,200 one year after completion, about the same as the national median of $59,514. Median borrower debt is $11,812.
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$60,200median 1-yr earnings
$11,812median debt
| School | City | Program | Credential | Completers/yr | 1-yr earnings | Median debt | Monthly payment* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Lake County | Grayslake, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 43 | $85,181 | – | – |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 55 | $73,350 | – | – |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 42 | $72,866 | $11,000 | $125 |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 35 | $71,765 | – | – |
| Triton College | River Grove, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 54 | $69,324 | $11,551 | $131 |
| South Suburban College | South Holland, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 65 | $69,245 | – | – |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 74 | $68,955 | $14,302 | $163 |
| South Suburban College | South Holland, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 30 | $68,067 | – | – |
| Richland Community College | Decatur, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 18 | $67,075 | – | – |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 103 | $66,444 | $15,750 | $179 |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 309 | $65,192 | $12,000 | $136 |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 11 | $65,098 | – | – |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 132 | $63,032 | $11,500 | $131 |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 48 | $62,655 | $13,625 | $155 |
| Parkland College | Champaign, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 31 | $60,941 | $11,500 | $131 |
| Kaskaskia College | Centralia, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 22 | $60,200 | – | – |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 89 | $59,765 | $29,247 | $332 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 50 | $58,556 | $10,058 | $114 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 48 | $57,564 | $7,119 | $81 |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 10 | $57,052 | – | – |
| Rasmussen University-Illinois | Rockford, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 25 | $56,978 | $28,639 | $325 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 28 | $56,367 | $7,625 | $87 |
| Sauk Valley Community College | Dixon, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 18 | $55,708 | – | – |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 49 | $53,614 | $11,625 | $132 |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 103 | $53,321 | $12,271 | $139 |
| Kankakee Community College | Kankakee, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 24 | $50,694 | – | – |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | Rockford, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 23 | $50,443 | $27,000 | $307 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 322 | $48,229 | $13,406 | $152 |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 12 | $44,980 | – | – |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 57 | $44,599 | $9,500 | $108 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 47 | $35,953 | $14,040 | $160 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 57 | not reported | $11,421 | $130 |
| Black Hawk College | Moline, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 4 | not reported | – | – |
| Black Hawk College | Moline, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 7 | not reported | – | – |
| Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 1 | not reported | – | – |
| Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 10 | not reported | – | – |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 8 | not reported | – | – |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 6 | not reported | – | – |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 53 | not reported | – | – |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 22 | not reported | $9,450 | $107 |
| Highland Community College | Freeport, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Highland Community College | Freeport, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 1 | not reported | – | – |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 5 | not reported | – | – |
| Illinois Eastern Community Colleges | Olney, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 14 | not reported | – | – |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 3 | not reported | – | – |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | – | not reported | – | – |
| John A Logan College | Carterville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| John A Logan College | Carterville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 4 | not reported | – | – |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 10 | not reported | – | – |
| Kankakee Community College | Kankakee, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 25 | not reported | – | – |
| Kaskaskia College | Centralia, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 19 | not reported | – | – |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 4 | not reported | – | – |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 13 | not reported | – | – |
| Lake Land College | Mattoon, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 29 | not reported | – | – |
| Lake Land College | Mattoon, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 2 | not reported | – | – |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 13 | not reported | – | – |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 3 | not reported | – | – |
| Lewis University | Romeoville, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | – | not reported | – | – |
| Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | Rock Island, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 4 | not reported | – | – |
| Morton College | Cicero, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | – | not reported | – | – |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Oakton College | Des Plaines, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Parkland College | Champaign, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 23 | not reported | – | – |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 7 | not reported | – | – |
| Rend Lake College | Ina, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 27 | not reported | – | – |
| Rend Lake College | Ina, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 23 | not reported | – | – |
| Richland Community College | Decatur, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 19 | not reported | – | – |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 2 | not reported | – | – |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Sauk Valley Community College | Dixon, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 6 | not reported | – | – |
| Spoon River College | Canton, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 8 | not reported | – | – |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 25 | not reported | $15,000 | $170 |
| Triton College | River Grove, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 61 | not reported | $11,000 | $125 |
| Heartland Community College | Normal, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 9 | not reported | – | – |
| Heartland Community College | Normal, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate degree | 8 | not reported | – | – |
| Stellar Career College | Chicago, IL | Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | 42 | not reported | $17,020 | $193 |
*Scorecard's estimated monthly payment on the median debt over 10 years. “Not reported” means the Department suppressed or did not publish the figure.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study and Institution files (release dated 10/15/2026). Earnings are median annual earnings of completers working and not enrolled one year after finishing; debt is median federal loan debt of borrowers; both describe past cohorts and small programs are suppressed by the Department. See our methodology.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best-paying imaging & surgical tech program in Illinois?
By reported one-year earnings, College of Lake County leads at $85,181 in the certificate program, but compare cost and local jobs too.
How many imaging & surgical tech programs are in Illinois?
The Scorecard lists 81 certificate or associate programs in this field at 46 schools in Illinois.