2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Music is the 365th most popular major in the country with 1,262 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 24 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 other music graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other music programs and 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 other music program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Music Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Music Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Music Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$2,350 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Music Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia College Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s other music students in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Music Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia College Chicago are $2,350, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Columbia College Chicago Other Music Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Music (Income $48-$75k)

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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