2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,312 people earned their degree in ecology, evolution and systematics biology, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,807 and had an average of $31,265 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 94 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ecology, evolution and systematics biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Governors State University

University Park, Illinois

$14,674 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Governors State University landed the #2 spot on the list. GSU is a small public school situated in University Park, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

GSU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GSU are $14,674, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology (Income $48-$75k)

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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