2024 Best African American Studies Schools in Illinois
3Colleges in Illinois
34African American Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in african american studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #389 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for african american studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 degrees in african american studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of african american studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall African American Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for African American Studies in Illinois
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the african american studies degree levels they offer.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in african american studies. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 african american studies students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in african american studies. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 1 african american studies students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat DePaul University if you want to pursue a degree in african american studies. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 7th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 3 african american studies students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest of our data about colleges.
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Your choice of african american studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall African American Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
