2022 Best Value Consumer Science 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. 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 Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,585 and had an average of $25,171 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 135 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,000 and $26,174 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,728 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

EIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at EIU

#2

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,696 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science 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. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s consumer science degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University

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