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2023 Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$35,420 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,252 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Natural Sciences School for You

Natural Sciences is the #230 most popular major in Illinois with 29 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Natural Sciences Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Natural Sciences Colleges.

Best Natural Sciences School

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, IL
$35,420 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Dominican University to be the best value school for natural sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dominican U are $35,420 a year. While working on their degree, natural sciences majors at Dominican U accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Dominican U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Natural Sciences Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on Natural Sciences at Dominican University

Best Value Natural Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 5
Ohio 32
Indiana 3
Wisconsin 1

One of 44 majors within the area of study, natural sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Biological & Physical Science 30,075
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Agsftw.

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