Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Colleges in Illinois

Unfortunately, there were no schools in Illinois that made our Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on liberal arts / sciences & humanities students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other liberal arts / sciences & humanities students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for liberal arts / sciences & humanities to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts / sciences & humanities related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for liberal arts / sciences & humanities students working on their master's degree.

Insufficient Data for Illinois

Regrettably , we did not have sufficient data to form a ranking of the top quality colleges for liberal arts / sciences & humanities in Illinois. This is typically due to there not being enough schools in Illinois that both offer liberal arts / sciences & humanities and provided enough information for us to do a proper analysis.

As an alternative, take a look at at some of our other Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities ranking.

Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	33	17
Ohio	32	61
Michigan	31	7
Wisconsin	31	3

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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies	154

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	1,380
Theology & Religious Vocations	754
Communication & Journalism	725
English Language & Literature	263
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	143
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	138
History	108
Philosophy & Religious Studies	96
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	70

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803). More about our data sources and methodologies.