2022 Best Value Other Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 28th most popular major in the country with 37,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,035 and had an average of $24,020 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 200 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,583 and $21,306 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other multi/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other multi/interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The other interdisciplinary studies 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 Other Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Other Interdisciplinary 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 other interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$2,350 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 masters’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350.

Full Columbia College Chicago Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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