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2023 Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$63,936 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Economics Graduate Certificate School for You

With 2,155 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, economics is the #13 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Economics Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our analysis found University of Chicago to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UChicago are $63,936 a year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Economics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,496
Ohio 1,136
Indiana 889
Wisconsin 1,225

Economics is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

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 pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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