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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 135 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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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The family studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Family 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 family studies students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 25 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

EIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full EIU Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#2

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Illinois State is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 19 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069.

Full Illinois State University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (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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