2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 133,583 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Illinois, there were 2,959 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general studies 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 general studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank General Studies Schools

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 General Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in Illinois

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. UChicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s general studies degrees to qualified students.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548.

Read more about General Studies at UChicago

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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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