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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 36,493 people earned their degree in individualized studies, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 206 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 individualized studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in individualized studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality individualized studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 individualized studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Individualized Studies in Illinois

#1

North Central College

Naperville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$15,822 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Central College is a small school located in Naperville, Illinois that handed out 21 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central also took the #2 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Central are $15,822, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Individualized Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul University is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s individualized studies degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best Individualized Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Individualized Studies at DePaul University

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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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