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2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

German Language & Literature is the 386th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 35 German language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 German language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in German language and literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality German language and literature 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 German language and literature program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for German Language & Literature (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 7 bachelors’s German language degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern University is $1,866 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree German Language students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Chicago is $2,712 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree German Language students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about German Language & Literature at University of Chicago

#3

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Dekalb, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s German language students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree german language students whose families make $0-$30k list, NIU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $15,281 for illinois bachelor’s degree german language students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend NIU.

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#4

Augustana College

Rock Island, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Augustana College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Augustana is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rock Island, Illinois. It awarded 5 bachelors’s German language degrees in 2019-2020.

Augustana also took the #3 spot in our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $20,355 for illinois bachelor’s degree german language students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Augustana College.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#5

Knox College

Galesburg, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Knox College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Galesburg, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s German language students in 2019-2020.

Knox did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Knox is $16,828 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree German Language students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#6

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

North Central College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Naperville, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s German language students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree german language students whose families make $0-$30k list, North Central has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Central is $18,889 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree German Language students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on German Language & Literature at North Central

#7

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#6 in overall quality

DePaul University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value German Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s German language degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #6 spot in our “Best German Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DePaul University is $26,173 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree German Language students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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