2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 135 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 44 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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 Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in Illinois

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. This large school is located in Normal, Illinois, and it awarded 19 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General 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 Illinois State University are $11,069.

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#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree family studies students list, EIU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Illinois University are $20,761, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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