2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in Illinois

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In 2020-2021, 736 people earned their degree in urban education and leadership, making the major the 498th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 28 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban education and leadership. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their urban education and leadership program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in Illinois”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in Illinois

1

Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in Illinois. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban education and leadership degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.

Full Northeastern Illinois University Urban Education & Leadership Report

2

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

#9 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in Illinois list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban education and leadership degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia University, Chicago Urban Education & Leadership 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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