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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$23,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,275 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Writing Studies Master's Degree School for You

With 346 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, writing studies is the #84 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Writing Studies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for writing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for writing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Writing Studies

Our analysis found Columbia College Chicago to be the best value school for writing studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $2,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Columbia College Chicago

Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUE are $9,316 a year.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

Full Writing Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC also made our Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 5 spot on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

Full Writing Studies at DePaul University Report

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Writing Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Writing Studies at Northwestern University Report

With a ranking of #7, School of the Art Institute of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for writing studies students working on their master’s degree. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate students pay an average of $45,601 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Writing Studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 366
Ohio 576
Indiana 200
Wisconsin 100

One of 3 majors within the area of study, writing studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Writing

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 40,481
English Literature (Other) 942
Literature 683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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