2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship (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. 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 Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Secondary School Administration/Principalship is the 703rd most popular major in the country with 440 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 29 secondary school administration/principalship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 secondary school administration/principalship 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 secondary school administration/principalship programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the secondary school administration/principalship program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

McKendree University

Lebanon, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,324 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McKendree University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary School Administration/Principalship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Lebanon, Illinois, and it awarded 29 masters’s secondary school administration/principalship degrees in 2019-2020.

McKendree did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Secondary School Administration/Principalship Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at McKendree are $9,324, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary School Administration/Principalship (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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