2022 Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 428 people earned their degree in Near and Middle Eastern studies, making the major the 609th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 27 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 Near and Middle Eastern studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality Near and Middle Eastern studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Near and Middle Eastern studies 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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Best Value Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree middle east studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

#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 Middle East Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s Middle East studies students in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Near & Middle Eastern Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Near & Middle Eastern Studies at UChicago

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Near & Middle Eastern Studies (With Aid)

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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