2022 Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 951 people earned their degree in Latino studies, making the major the 478th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 17 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 Latino studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in Latino studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great Latino studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the Latino studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree latino studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Latino Studies in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$15,880 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Latino studies degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is $15,880 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Latino Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Latino Studies Report

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$24,664 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Latino Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 3 bachelors’s Latino studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Latino Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwestern University is $24,664 for illinois bachelor’s degree latino studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Latino Studies at Northwestern

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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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