by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., North Park University landed the #586 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois, North Park came in at #26.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 62.7% of the total graduate students at North Park are women and 37.3% are men.
About 40.1% of the graduate students who attend North Park are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 1.9% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,004 | $14,004 |
| Fees | $180 | $180 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at North Park is $61,358. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 5% higher than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for North Park are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625-4895 |
| Phone: | 773-244-6200 |
| Website: | www.northpark.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://facebook.com/npuchicago |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/npu |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45.2% of the graduate students at North Park took at least one online course. Approximately 19.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 2 |
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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