City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College

Chicago, IL · Public · 1,425 students · Visit Website

Olive-Harvey College is a City College of Chicago campus specializing in Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL), offering hands-on training for careers in this growing field. The college provides Commercial Driver's License (CDL) training with classroom, yard, and over-the-road experience, and offers programs in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Students can access career planning, job placement assistance, and work-based learning opportunities like apprenticeships and internships through the college's Career Development Center and employer partnerships.

Programs Analyzed

3

Avg Grad Earnings

$25,842/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

51/100

Tuition (In-State)

$4,380/yr
Out-of-state: $14,430/yr

All Programs at City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College

3 trade programs at City Colleges of Chicago, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Truck Driving & CDL
Ground Transportation
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70 $24,356/yr 79.1x Low Very Large
647 openings/yr
Biological & Physical Sciences
Biological and Physical Sciences
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43 $26,939/yr 29.8x Moderate Large
88 openings/yr
Liberal Arts & Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
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39 $26,232/yr $7,374 28.9x Low Medium
13 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 3 trade and vocational programs at City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.