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2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$42,991 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,221 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 74 degrees and certificates were awarded to astronomy and astrophysics students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #177 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for astronomy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for astronomy and astrophysics students working on their bachelor’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on Astronomy & Astrophysics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great value for astronomy and astrophysics students working on their bachelor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $50,375 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UChicago are $60,963 a year.

UChicago also took the #1 spot in our Best Astronomy & Astrophysics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Astronomy & Astrophysics Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 57
Ohio 64
Indiana 23
Wisconsin 30

One of 8 majors within the area of study, astronomy and astrophysics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Astronomy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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