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2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

6 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master's in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architecture & Related Services is the 28th most popular major in the country with 17,480 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,294 and had an average of $39,729 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 516 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,056 and $40,869 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 190 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architecture and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture and related services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architecture and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree architecture & related services students.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 81 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIUC Architecture & Related Services Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a fairly large school located in Carbondale, Illinois that handed out 34 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree architecture & related services students list, SIUC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

Full SIUC Architecture & Related Services Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree architecture & related services students list, UIC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

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#4

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Elgin, Illinois, and it awarded 11 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Judson also took the #5 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 34 masters’s architecture and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Tech Architecture & Related Services Report

#6 in overall quality

School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago also took the #6 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Architecture & Related Services at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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