2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting 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 Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Visual Communications is the 161st most popular major in the country with 5,657 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 86 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 visual communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual communications 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 visual communications 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 Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Full Northwestern Visual Communications Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Graphic Arts Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s graphic arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DePaul, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Visual Communications Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760.

Read full report on Visual Communications at DePaul University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual Communications (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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