by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Illinois State University landed the #211 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, Illinois State came in at #11.
Illinois State was ranked #134 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, Illinois State took the #8 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 65.3% of the total graduate students at Illinois State are women and 34.7% are men.
About 17.9% of the graduate students who attend Illinois State are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 15.4% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,805 | $9,805 |
| Fees | $1,968 | $1,968 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Illinois State, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $52,034. That's about 11% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Illinois State University.
Contact details for Illinois State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | North And School Streets, Normal, IL 61790-1000 |
| Phone: | 309-438-2111 |
| Website: | illinoisstate.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://illinoisstate.edu/Facebook |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/IllinoisStateU |
In 2020-2021, 41.5% of the graduate students at Illinois State University took at least one class online. For that same period, 27.3% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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