by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 12,001 people earned their degree in communications, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 566 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in communications. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in communications.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois. EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 masters’s communication arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois. Columbia is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 10 masters’s communication arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Illinois, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Illinois at Springfield Communications Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Communications at University of Illinois at Chicago
DePaul University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communication Arts Major in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s communication arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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