2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $30-$48k) 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 Advertising Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,751 people earned their degree in advertising, making the major the 138th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 307 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 advertising graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great advertising programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the advertising program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree advertising students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Advertising Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s advertising students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Advertising 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Advertising Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Advertising (Income $30-$48k)

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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