by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Chicago came in at #3 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 1% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, UChicago is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
In addition, UChicago took the #1 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Illinois.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UChicago took the #7 spot on the list. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. Because of its high ranking, UChicago won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois, UChicago came in at #1.
Women make up 43.8% of the total graduate student body at UChicago while men make you 56.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 24.9% of the graduate students who attend UChicago are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. UChicago is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 34.2% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $62,640 | $62,640 |
| Fees | $1,296 | $1,296 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from UChicago is $73,139. That's good news for those graduates since it is 25% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from UChicago enter careers with an average starting salary of $96,200. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 28% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Chicago.
Contact details for UChicago are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 |
| Phone: | 773-702-1234 |
| Website: | www.uchicago.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/uchicago |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UChicago |
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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More about our data sources and methodologies.