Top 2020 Rankings For Illinois State University
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All 2020 Rankings For Illinois State University
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Top Quality Overall
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 305 of 1727 |
| Great Lakes | 47 of 268 |
| Illinois | 13 of 63 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 68 of 1481 |
| Great Lakes | 15 of 227 |
| Illinois | 4 of 52 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 42 of 1484 |
| Great Lakes | 2 of 227 |
| Illinois | 2 of 52 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 16 of 1481 |
| Great Lakes | 4 of 227 |
| Illinois | 2 of 52 |
Diversity
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| Overall | |
| Ethnic | |
| Male / Female | 614 of 2417 |
| Location |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 42 of 104 |
| Best Value | 20 of 104 |
| Most Popular | 33 of 226 |
| Most Focused | 80 of 226 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 99 |
General Agriculture
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 3 of 47 |
| Best Value | 3 of 47 |
| Most Popular | 1 of 82 |
| Most Focused | 8 of 82 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 9 of 50 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 263 of 824 |
| Best Value | 41 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 192 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 281 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 148 of 357 |
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 28 of 65 |
| Most Focused |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 201 of 820 |
| Best Value | 22 of 803 |
| Most Popular | 181 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 258 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 103 of 848 |
| Best Value | 14 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 74 of 1932 |
| Most Focused | 729 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 170 of 901 |
Accounting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 120 of 621 |
| Best Value | 12 of 600 |
| Most Popular | 53 of 1283 |
| Most Focused | 494 of 1282 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 186 of 647 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 165 of 744 |
| Best Value | 29 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 435 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 126 of 724 |
Construction Management
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 18 of 67 |
| Most Focused |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 96 of 389 |
| Best Value | 7 of 378 |
| Most Popular | 46 of 662 |
| Most Focused | 134 of 662 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 136 of 416 |
Insurance
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 7 of 42 |
| Most Focused | 12 of 42 |
International Business
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 27 of 139 |
| Most Popular | 85 of 373 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 22 of 222 |
Management Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 48 of 145 |
| Best Value | 12 of 140 |
| Most Popular | 97 of 345 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 201 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 30 of 69 |
| Best Value | 2 of 67 |
| Most Popular | 8 of 171 |
| Most Focused | 33 of 171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 26 of 83 |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 108 of 415 |
| Best Value | 14 of 402 |
| Most Popular | 27 of 763 |
| Most Focused | 134 of 763 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 109 of 448 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 87 of 600 |
| Best Value | 6 of 588 |
| Most Popular | 104 of 1209 |
| Most Focused | 445 of 1210 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 77 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 109 of 523 |
| Best Value | 11 of 507 |
| Most Popular | 102 of 1022 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 192 of 600 |
Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 82 of 183 |
| Best Value | 13 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 113 of 342 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 10 of 227 |
Public Relations & Advertising
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 61 of 334 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 61 of 173 |
Communications Technologies & Support
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 94 of 194 |
| Most Focused |
Graphic Communications
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 62 of 130 |
| Most Focused |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 61 of 601 |
| Best Value | 6 of 577 |
| Most Popular | 178 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 249 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 27 of 356 |
| Best Value | 2 of 339 |
| Most Popular | 125 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 101 of 451 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 74 of 286 |
| Best Value | 8 of 278 |
| Most Popular | 161 of 605 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 171 of 360 |
Computer Systems Networking
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 56 of 141 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 3 of 25 |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 7 of 414 |
| Best Value | 12 of 404 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 107 of 1363 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 706 |
Special Education
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| Top Ranked | 8 of 183 |
| Best Value | 3 of 180 |
| Most Popular | 5 of 450 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 450 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 34 of 238 |
Teacher Education Grade Specific
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 5 of 1163 |
| Most Focused | 104 of 1161 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Top Ranked | 19 of 346 |
| Best Value | 10 of 340 |
| Most Popular | 37 of 860 |
| Most Focused | 319 of 861 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 506 |
Engineering Technologies
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| Most Popular | 110 of 442 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 175 |
Environmental Control Technology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 9 of 51 |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering Technology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 25 of 73 |
| Most Focused |
Industrial Production Technology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 50 of 125 |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 162 of 601 |
| Best Value | 16 of 584 |
| Most Popular | 77 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 559 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 256 of 871 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 120 of 621 |
| Best Value | 9 of 604 |
| Most Popular | 53 of 1268 |
| Most Focused | 398 of 1267 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 251 of 799 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 76 of 373 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 36 of 200 |
General Family & Consumer Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 16 of 84 |
| Most Focused |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 99 of 263 |
| Most Focused |
Textile & Apparel Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 96 of 334 |
| Most Popular | 165 of 941 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 294 of 653 |
Germanic Languages
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 84 of 272 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 80 of 196 |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 83 of 345 |
| Most Popular | 92 of 809 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 257 of 571 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 103 of 591 |
| Best Value | 19 of 564 |
| Most Popular | 151 of 1665 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 165 of 686 |
Allied Health Professions
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 223 of 658 |
| Most Focused |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 38 of 264 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 264 |
Communication Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 60 of 267 |
| Most Focused |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 38 of 130 |
| Most Focused |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 38 of 123 |
| Best Value | 10 of 112 |
| Most Popular | 177 of 600 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 142 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 85 of 518 |
| Best Value | 9 of 500 |
| Most Popular | 216 of 1126 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 94 of 507 |
Public Health
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 38 of 101 |
| Best Value | 4 of 95 |
| Most Popular | 91 of 294 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 28 of 108 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 157 of 547 |
| Best Value | 9 of 533 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1248 |
| Most Focused | 582 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 58 of 138 |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 156 of 579 |
| Best Value | 9 of 566 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 1248 |
| Most Focused | 582 of 1247 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 95 of 822 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 57 of 410 |
| Best Value | 17 of 384 |
| Most Popular | 84 of 1087 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 360 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 45 of 413 |
| Best Value | 14 of 387 |
| Most Popular | 76 of 1060 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 418 |
Legal Professions
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 170 of 359 |
| Most Focused |
Legal Support Services
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 92 of 228 |
| Most Focused |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 77 of 341 |
| Best Value | 10 of 329 |
| Most Popular | 183 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 138 of 455 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 79 of 351 |
| Best Value | 8 of 338 |
| Most Popular | 183 of 1158 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 147 of 503 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 179 of 471 |
| Best Value | 16 of 460 |
| Most Popular | 78 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | 432 of 1223 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 227 of 805 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 149 of 475 |
| Best Value | 7 of 464 |
| Most Popular | 47 of 1172 |
| Most Focused | 357 of 1171 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 194 of 771 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 38 of 466 |
| Best Value | 12 of 458 |
| Most Popular | 69 of 891 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 88 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 82 of 457 |
| Best Value | 15 of 448 |
| Most Popular | 182 of 829 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 458 |
Recreation Administration
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 5 of 94 |
| Most Focused | 26 of 94 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 53 of 235 |
| Most Popular | 261 of 939 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 197 of 605 |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 37 of 222 |
| Most Popular | 181 of 731 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 187 of 525 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 166 of 479 |
| Best Value | 16 of 471 |
| Most Popular | 119 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 182 of 786 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 194 of 435 |
| Best Value | 24 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 190 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 171 of 753 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 114 of 242 |
| Best Value | 15 of 241 |
| Most Popular | 67 of 428 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 124 of 341 |
Physics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 59 of 261 |
| Most Popular | 75 of 717 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 192 of 537 |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 307 of 835 |
| Best Value | 53 of 809 |
| Most Popular | 277 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 266 of 840 |
| Best Value | 38 of 814 |
| Most Popular | 257 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 119 of 401 |
| Best Value | 16 of 393 |
| Most Popular | 157 of 865 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 177 of 453 |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 63 of 361 |
| Best Value | 7 of 354 |
| Most Popular | 96 of 578 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 78 of 367 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 207 of 670 |
| Best Value | 18 of 655 |
| Most Popular | 177 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 317 of 873 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 17 of 254 |
| Most Popular | 186 of 427 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 141 of 339 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 33 of 410 |
| Most Popular | 239 of 715 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 206 of 536 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 79 of 162 |
| Best Value | 21 of 160 |
| Most Popular | 79 of 261 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 213 of 590 |
| Best Value | 17 of 576 |
| Most Popular | 109 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 473 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 259 of 757 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 188 of 533 |
| Best Value | 19 of 523 |
| Most Popular | 109 of 962 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 302 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 75 of 640 |
| Best Value | 4 of 625 |
| Most Popular | 93 of 1481 |
| Most Focused | 597 of 1482 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 69 of 848 |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 40 of 314 |
| Best Value | 3 of 309 |
| Most Popular | 29 of 808 |
| Most Focused | 187 of 808 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 59 of 512 |
| Best Value | 3 of 500 |
| Most Popular | 46 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | 337 of 1075 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 6 of 690 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 83 of 371 |
| Best Value | 8 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 159 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 183 of 658 |
Visual & Performing Arts (Other)
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 10 of 38 |
| Most Focused |
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 54 of 1753 |
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 43 of 104 |
General Agriculture
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 2 of 47 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 195 of 825 |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 109 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 100 of 852 |
Accounting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 81 of 624 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 205 of 748 |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 72 of 390 |
International Business
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Management Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 64 of 146 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 25 of 69 |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 113 of 416 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 67 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 62 of 521 |
Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 183 |
Computer & Information Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 47 of 603 |
Computer Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 16 of 357 |
Computer Science
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 58 of 286 |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 6 of 417 |
Special Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 4 of 186 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 21 of 348 |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 95 of 601 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 50 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Romance Languages
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 125 of 595 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 122 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 523 |
Public Health
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 44 of 102 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 102 of 413 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 74 of 416 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 103 of 344 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 90 of 354 |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 472 |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 84 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 45 of 464 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 87 of 455 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 129 of 479 |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 150 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 80 of 242 |
Physics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 283 of 834 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 211 of 839 |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 157 of 400 |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 76 of 360 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 177 of 669 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 129 of 260 |
Economics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 156 of 418 |
Geography & Cartography
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 135 of 589 |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 147 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 63 of 640 |
Drama & Theater Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 29 of 314 |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 22 of 513 |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 68 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 79 of 1291 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 120 of 543 |
| Top Ranked Online | 45 of 300 |
| Most Popular Online | 128 of 662 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 55 of 113 |
| Top Ranked Online | 12 of 52 |
| Most Popular Online | 91 of 259 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 88 of 480 |
| Top Ranked Online | 39 of 241 |
| Most Popular Online | 114 of 471 |
International Quality
International Value
