2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Humanities is the 31st most popular major in the country with 23,605 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 144 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Humanities Schools

The humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 131 diplomas to qualified masters’s humanities students in 2019-2020.

UChicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Humanities (Income $30-$48k)

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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