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2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

5 Ranked Colleges
164 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Arts & Media Management is the 137th most popular major in the country with 5,059 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, arts and media management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,959 and had an average of $35,302 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 269 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,100 and $36,892 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in arts and media management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality arts and media management 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 arts and media management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Illinois

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $13,312 for illinois bachelor’s degree media management students per year to attend UIC.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Arts & Media Management at UIC

#2

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. Columbia College Chicago is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 106 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia College Chicago is $31,099 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

Full Columbia College Chicago Arts & Media Management Report

#3

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois list. Bradley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Peoria, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bradley University is $25,634 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bradley University Arts & Media Management Report

#4

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Elmhurst University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Elmhurst, Illinois. It awarded 21 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Elmhurst, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Elmhurst University is $21,485 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Elmhurst Arts & Media Management Report

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 9 bachelors’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $30,090 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Media Management students per year to attend DePaul.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full DePaul University Arts & Media Management Report

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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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