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2023 Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$30,526 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,296 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 146 degrees and certificates were awarded to history students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #29 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value History Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for history 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.

2023 Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

Check out the history doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in History

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for history students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the 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 History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $16,162 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. 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.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for history students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #6, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their doctor’s degree. 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 79
Ohio 155
Wisconsin 65
Michigan 64

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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