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2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$26,603 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,842 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General English Literature Doctor's Degree School for You

General English Literature is the #52 most popular major in Illinois with 197 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General English Literature Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for English 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 General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General English Literature Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General English Literature

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general English literature schools in Illinois. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NIU are $11,390 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general English literature schools in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.

UIUC also made our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.

Full General English Literature at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

Read full report on General English Literature at Loyola University Chicago

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

Full General English Literature at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a 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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#7

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

UChicago not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #8, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general English literature students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General English Literature Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full General English Literature at Northwestern University Report

Best Value General English Literature Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 65
Ohio 206
Indiana 140
Wisconsin 68

General English Literature is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Writing Studies 4,263
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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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