Shawnee Community College
Shawnee Community College offers career and technical programs with a focus on hands-on training for skilled trades like automotive maintenance, welding, and HVAC, alongside nursing and other health professions. The college provides various certificate and associate degree options, including an Applied Trades certificate designed for quick entry into fields such as basic electricity, welding, or HVAC. Shawnee Community College also emphasizes career support through services like job search assistance, resume building, and job fairs to connect students with local employers.
Programs Analyzed
Avg Grad Earnings
Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score
Tuition (In-State)
All Programs at Shawnee Community College
4 trade programs at Shawnee CC, 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 |
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Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Compare nationwide → Compare in IL → |
83 | $54,323/yr | — |
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Nursing
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79 | $56,641/yr | — |
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Truck Driving & CDL
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64 | $24,036/yr | — |
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Liberal Arts & Humanities
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38 | $23,403/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 4 trade and vocational programs at Shawnee Community 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.