2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Individualized Studies is the 35th most popular major in the country with 36,493 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 11,470 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 47 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in individualized studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great individualized 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 individualized 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The individualized studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$15,822 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Naperville, Illinois, and it awarded 21 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central also made our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Central are $15,822, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Individualized Studies at North Central College

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s individualized studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Read full report on Individualized Studies at DePaul University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies

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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