2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,811 people earned their degree in insurance, making the major the 333rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 83 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 71 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great insurance 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 insurance program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The insurance 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 Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois”.

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Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in Illinois

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,895 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois State is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 71 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Illinois State University is $20,895 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Insurance at Illinois State University

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

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