2022 Best Value Art Therapy 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in art therapy/therapist, making the major the 512th most popular in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s art therapy degrees to qualified students.

SIUE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Read full report on Art Therapy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$43,912 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s art therapy students 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.

Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Therapy Report

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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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