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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$27,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $20,270 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $75-$110k 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%.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Arts & Media Management Report

#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 $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Elmhurst, Illinois, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Elmhurst also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Elmhurst University is $23,604 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Elmhurst University

#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 $75-$110k list. Located in Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s media management students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k 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 $28,169 for illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Bradley

#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 106 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k list, Columbia has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $33,864 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Columbia College Chicago Arts & Media Management Report

#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 $75-$110k list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 9 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend DePaul is $30,877 for illinois bachelor’s degree media management students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

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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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