2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Arts & Media Management in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 96 arts and media management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the arts and media management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

Columbia College Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$2,350 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Columbia is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $2,350, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at Columbia

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#3 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 Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Arts & Media Management at DePaul University

#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

#5 in overall quality

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Roosevelt Arts & Media Management Report

#4

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#4 in overall quality

$43,912 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 4 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago Arts & Media Management Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,208 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Media Management Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 58 masters’s media management degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Arts & Media Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northwestern 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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