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2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$21,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

History is the #38 most popular major in Illinois with 974 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for history 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 History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value History Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best History Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $9,773 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Illinois State is ranked #5 for overall quality for history in Illinois.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#3

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at EIU are $10,640 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Illinois. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Northeastern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern Illinois University are $9,428 per year.

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Western Illinois University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. 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.

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#9

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree history programs. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value History Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 614
Ohio 986
Indiana 533
Wisconsin 561

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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