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2022 Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
11 Degrees Awarded
$38,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 92 people earned their degree in documentary production, making the major the 1076th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 13 documentary production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 documentary production graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in documentary production. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent documentary production programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the documentary production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Documentary Production (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 10 masters’s documentary production degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Documentary Production 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 Northwestern University are $56,567.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Documentary Production Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s documentary production students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Documentary Production Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

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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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