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2022 Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Jazz Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Jazz Studies is the 571st most popular major in the country with 532 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 32 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 jazz studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent jazz studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the jazz studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Jazz Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Jazz Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #1 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 masters’s jazz degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Jazz Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Jazz Studies at DePaul University

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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