Doctoral · Downers Grove, Illinois

Is Veterinary 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 7.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $136,638; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $162,696; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $377,662; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $400k (likely $400k – $400k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $98k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 7.4 years (likely 6.4–8.5); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$71k (likely −$217k – $89k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.10M (likely $784k – $1.43M); Today's dollars

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