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.
Western Illinois University came in at #610 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.
WIU also ranked #28 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 WIU took the #381 spot on the list.
WIU also ranked #18 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Illinois.
The total graduate student population at WIU is made up of 61.3% women and 38.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 16.3% of the graduate student population at WIU. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 11.9% of graduate students hail from another country. 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 graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,319 | $8,319 |
| Fees | $3,863 | $3,863 |
After obtaining their master's degree from WIU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $46,032. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 21% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Western Illinois University.
Contact details for WIU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 |
| Phone: | 309-298-1414 |
| Website: | www.wiu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/wiu.edu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/WIUNews |
Around 72.2% of WIU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 33.5% 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.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 14 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.