2023 Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,871 people earned their degree in rhetoric and composition, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 91 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 rhetoric and composition graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in rhetoric and composition. To top this list, a school must have a successful rhetoric and composition program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Rhetoric & Composition Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree rhetoric and composition students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition in Illinois

1

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

#7 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s. DePaul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul Rhetoric & Composition Report

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Rhetoric and Composition Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Rhetoric & Composition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Rhetoric & Composition

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.