Master's · Chicago, Illinois

Is Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Illinois Chicago worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 19.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $55,385; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $67,940; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $42,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $45k (likely $45k – $45k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 19.1 years (likely 7.5–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$205k (likely −$299k – −$91k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$133k (likely −$346k – $116k); Today's dollars

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