2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

German Language & Literature is the 386th most popular major in the country with 1,226 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 35 German language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 German language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in German language and literature. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great German language and literature programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the German language and literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree german language students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for German Language & Literature in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 1 doctorate’s German language degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best German Language & Literature Doctor’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 Northwestern are $56,567.

Full Northwestern University German Language & Literature Report

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value German Language Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s German language degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best German Language & Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UChicago German Language & Literature Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for German Language & Literature (With Aid)

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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