2022 Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marketing is the 16th most popular major in the country with 52,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, marketing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,323 and had an average of $24,975 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 2,047 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $23,617 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 marketing graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marketing 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 marketing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Marketing Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s marketing students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marketing at Northwestern University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marketing (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

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