by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
College of DuPage was awarded 26 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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COD landed the #731 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when COD held the #778 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
COD is also ranked #29 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into College of DuPage since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
At College of DuPage, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of DuPage is 23%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at College of DuPage is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 21,010 undergraduates at COD with 7,255 being full-time and 13,755 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,603 | $2,750 | $7,146 | $9,074 | $10,097 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of COD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At COD, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $5,396 a year. That adds up to $21,584 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of College of DuPage.
Contact details for COD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 |
| Phone: | 630-942-2800 |
| Website: | www.cod.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 821 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 310 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 258 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 154 | NA |
| Nursing | 110 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 100 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 91 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 81 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 77 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 70 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 9,772 students took at least one online class at College of DuPage. This is a decrease from the 13,379 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,772 | 4,910 |
| 2021-2022 | 13,379 | 7,765 |
| 2020-2021 | 17,553 | 15,396 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,854 | 2,382 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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