If you plan on getting your master's degree in
arts & media management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #106 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 master's degrees in arts & media management during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology
Your choice of arts & media management for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to arts & media management students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other arts & media management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt arts & media management students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized arts & media management related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for arts & media management students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Arts & Media Management Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
