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2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
190 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Architecture & Related Services is the 28th most popular major in the country with 17,480 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architecture and related services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,294 and had an average of $39,729 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 516 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,056 and $40,869 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 190 architecture and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in architecture and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture and related services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 architecture and related services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree architecture & related services students with aid.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture and related services degrees to 81 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architecture & Related Services 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Architecture & Related Services Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services 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 UIC are $27,036.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture and related services degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Judson is located in Elgin, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s architecture and related services degrees to qualified students.

Judson also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson University are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 34 degrees to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architecture & Related Services 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 Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

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#6 in overall quality

School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Architecture & Related Services Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified masters’s architecture and related services students in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago also made our “Best Architecture & Related Services Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago Architecture & Related Services Report

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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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