2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Other Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 5 masters’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. 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.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (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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