2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 36,493 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 11,470 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in individualized studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality individualized studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the individualized studies 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.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s individualized studies students in 2019-2020.

UIS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIS are $16,757, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIS Individualized Studies Report

#2

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$15,822 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. North Central College is a small school located in Naperville, Illinois that handed out 21 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central also took the #2 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Central College are $15,822, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full North Central College Individualized Studies Report

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Full DePaul University Individualized Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies (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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