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

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 93 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development 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 child development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree child development students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (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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