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2023 Best Value Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Area Studies is the #116 most popular major in Illinois with 62 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Area Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for area studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Area Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Area Studies

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC also took the #4 spot in our Best Area Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

Full Area Studies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value area studies schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $17,277 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Area Studies at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 20
Ohio 36
Indiana 39
Wisconsin 15

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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