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2022 Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
40 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Linguistics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 3,129 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 112 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 linguistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in linguistics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great linguistics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Linguistics (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Linguistics at University of Chicago

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read more about Linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Linguistics 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 UIC are $27,036.

Read more about Linguistics at UIC

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s linguistics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Linguistics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SIUC Linguistics Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Linguistics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Northeastern Illinois University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s linguistics degrees to qualified students.

Northeastern Illinois University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Linguistics 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 Northeastern Illinois University are $17,032.

Read full report on Linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University

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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