Doctoral · Downers Grove, Illinois

Is Medicine at Midwestern University-Downers Grove worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $68,207; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $155,812; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $379,095; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $402k (likely $402k – $402k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $91k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 8.3 years (likely 7.5–9.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$180k (likely −$300k – −$58k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $894k (likely $661k – $1.17M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.