2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy 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 Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Art Therapy is the 512th most popular major in the country with 715 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 82 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in art therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent art therapy/therapist programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the art therapy/therapist 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in Illinois

#1

Adler University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$37,732 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Adler University landed the #1 spot on the list. Adler is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 57 masters’s art therapy degrees to qualified students.

Adler also took the #1 spot in our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adler are $37,732, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Adler Art Therapy Report

#2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$43,912 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 13 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Art Therapy at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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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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