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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Museology/Museum Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

2 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Museology/Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 859 people earned their degree in museology/museum studies, making the major the 528th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 37 museology/museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 museology/museum studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in museology/museum studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality museology/museum studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the museology/museum studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Museology/Museum Studies 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 museology/museum studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Museology/Museum Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s museology/museum studies degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Museology/Museum Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s museology/museum studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Museology/Museum Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Illinois University are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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