Palatine, IL (population: 67,435) has one child day care school within its city limits. Harper College has a total student population of 15,711. It is the 5198th highest ranked school in the USA and the 198th highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).
Child Day Care students from Palatine schools who go on to become day care specialists, social workers, nannies, day care professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 595,650 people working as child care workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $20,940. Also, Child, family, and school social workers make on average $43,540 per year and there are about 277,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 8,000 employed child, family, and school social workers earning an average salary of $56,290. Child care workers in this area earn $23,010/yr and there are 9,520 employed.
Palatine lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 3 out of every 1000 jobs in Palatine are held by child care workers, and 2/1000 are held by child, family, and school social workers.
After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Harper College ends up costing a student $6,412/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Palatine |
Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 3.4 miles |
Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 5.8 miles |
Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 5.9 miles |
Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 6.2 miles |
Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 9.1 miles |
Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 9.4 miles |
Glenview | IL | 46,461 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.5 miles |
West Dundee | IL | - | 1 | 23.2604 | 5 | 12.5 miles |
Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 12.6 miles |
Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 13.3 miles |
Elgin | IL | 111,179 | 3 | 24.5629 | 139 | 13.7 miles |
Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 13.9 miles |
Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 15.5 miles |
Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 16.1 miles |
Skokie | IL | 66,692 | 6 | 22.9614 | 40 | 16.1 miles |
River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 16.5 miles |
Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 16.7 miles |
Crystal Lake | IL | 42,672 | 3 | 24.3677 | 64 | 17.0 miles |
Evanston | IL | 78,672 | 5 | 24.133 | 202 | 18.4 miles |
River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 18.7 miles |
Oak Park | IL | 49,270 | 1 | 1.32863 | 0 | 19.9 miles |
Waukegan | IL | 91,248 | 0 | - | 0 | 20.0 miles |
Lisle | IL | - | 2 | 24.7595 | 107 | 21.4 miles |
Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 21.5 miles |
Berwyn | IL | 49,477 | 1 | 23.6937 | 4 | 22.7 miles |
Naperville | IL | 146,177 | 1 | 64.8467 | 83 | 24.9 miles |
Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 25.1 miles |
Chicago | IL | 2,878,948 | 79 | 18.4208 | 1,944 | 26.3 miles |
Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.4 miles |
Sugar Grove | IL | - | 1 | 14.036 | 67 | 31.8 miles |