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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,059 people earned their degree in arts and media management, making the major the 137th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 269 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,100 and $36,892 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in arts and media management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent arts and media management 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 arts and media management 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s media management degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $11,185 for illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UIC.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at UIC

#2

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elmhurst University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Elmhurst University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elmhurst, Illinois. It awarded 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Elmhurst has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Elmhurst is $17,837 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Elmhurst Arts & Media Management Report

#3

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bradley University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Peoria, Illinois. It awarded 16 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k list, Bradley has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bradley is $18,232 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full Bradley University Arts & Media Management Report

#4

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 106 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $27,397 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Columbia.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at Columbia

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $30-$48k list, DePaul has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend DePaul is $25,842 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul University Arts & Media Management Report

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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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