2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Art Therapy is the 512th most popular major in the country with 715 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 82 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in art therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent art therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree art therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 8 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUE are $9,300, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$43,912 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Art Therapy at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy (Income $0-$30k)

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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