Illinois Media School - Chicago Campus
About
The Illinois Media School, located in Chicago, IL, is a private institution focused on training students in broadcast media through hands-on programs in areas such as Radio and TV Broadcasting, Digital Media Production, and Sports Broadcasting. It offers an eight-month certificate program which requires 160 hours of internship and operates with an open-enrollment admission policy. The school is part of a larger network of media schools and is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients here graduate at a 3.9-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 389 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (4.6%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Beonair
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 6 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Beonair vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Beonair selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectIllinois Media School-Chicago Campus | 61% | 100.0% | 66 | $26,435 | — |
| — | 100.0% | 38 | $30,514 | — | |
| — | — | 692 | $22,990 | — | |
| — | — | 757 | — | — | |
| — | — | 38 | $11,146 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 32 | $27,238 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 42 | $25,659 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 43 | $24,913 | — | |
| — | 100.0% | 88 | $24,111 | — | |
| — | — | 82 | $56,871 | — | |
| Peer group median | 61% | 100.0% | 55 | $25,659 |
Institutions like Beonair
Explore the federal data for institutions in Beonair's comparison group.
- Colorado
Colorado Media School
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment38Net price$30,514View data - Arizona
Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment692Net price$22,990View data - Florida
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment757Net price—View data - California
Hollywood Cultural College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment38Net price$11,146View data - Illinois
Illinois Media School
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment32Net price$27,238View data - Ohio
Ohio Media School-Cincinnati
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment42Net price$25,659View data - Ohio
Ohio Media School-Columbus
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment43Net price$24,913View data - Ohio
Ohio Media School-Valley View
Grad rate—Admit rate100.0%Enrollment88Net price$24,111View data - Maryland
Omega Studios' School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment82Net price$56,871View data
Campus network
Beonair is a campus of a larger institution. See its main campus and the other campuses in the same network.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus
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