2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management in Illinois

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General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is the 437th most popular major in the country with 1,081 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Illinois, there were 108 general arts, entertainment, & media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 99 general arts, entertainment, & media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,827 and $47,424 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Arts, Entertainment,& Media Management Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general arts, entertainment, & media management. That schools that top this list have a program in general arts, entertainment, & media management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Arts, Entertainment,& Media Management Major in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree general arts, entertainment,& media management students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management in Illinois

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

#1 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Arts, Entertainment,& Media Management Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 87 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management at Northwestern

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DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

#7 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Arts, Entertainment,& Media Management Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 1 masters’s general arts, entertainment,& media management degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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