Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$40,110 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,488 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 15 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #244 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for urban studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Urban Studies

Our analysis found Wheaton College Illinois to be the best value school for urban studies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wheaton College Illinois are $40,820 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wheaton College Illinois also did well on our Best Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read More…

Request Information
#2

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Elmhurst University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban studies schools in Illinois. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elmhurst.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Elmhurst are $39,400 a year.

Read full report on Urban Studies at Elmhurst University

Request Information

Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 20
Ohio 84
Wisconsin 14

Urban Studies is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Andrew Bossi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.