2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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Other Education is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,064 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,456 and had an average of $33,666 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 60 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,500 and $59,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 other education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Education in Illinois

#1

Rockford University

Rockford, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$13,255 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rockford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. This small school is located in Rockford, Illinois, and it awarded 18 masters’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

Rockford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Education 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 Rockford University are $13,255.

Read more about Other Education at Rockford

#2

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 6 masters’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUE are $9,300, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 5 masters’s other education degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also made our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Education at DePaul

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s other education students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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