2022 Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Speech Pathology & Audiology is the 98th most popular major in the country with 7,883 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 285 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 speech pathology and audiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in speech pathology and audiology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent speech pathology and audiology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the speech pathology and audiology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree audiology students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Pathology & Audiology in Illinois

#1

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s audiology degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois State also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Speech Pathology & Audiology at Illinois State University

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 19 masters’s audiology degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#3

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Edwardsville, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$9,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Audiology Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #3 spot on the list. Edwardsville, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s audiology degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SIUE, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Speech Pathology & Audiology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are $9,300, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Speech Pathology & Audiology at SIUE

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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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