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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Natural Sciences is the 339th most popular major in the country with 2,345 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 23 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 natural sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dominican U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Natural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dominican University is $17,586 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Natural Sciences students whose families make $30-$48k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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