2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions in Illinois (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Administration & Social Service Professions Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 821 people earned their degree in other public administration and social service professions, making the major the 491st most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 42 other public administration and social service professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other public administration and social service professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public administration and social service professions programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other public administration and social service professions program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$18,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other public administration and social service professions degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Judson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson University are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions (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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