Illinois State University Master’s in Education

145 Master's Degrees Awarded

Education is a program of study at Illinois State University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in education, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Education from Illinois State Cost?

$9,457 Average Tuition and Fees

Illinois State Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Illinois State paid an average of $838 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $404 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,892	$9,504
Fees	$1,565	$1,565

Does Illinois State Offer an Online Master’s in Education?

Illinois State does not offer an online option for its education master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Illinois State Online Learning page.

Illinois State Master’s Student Diversity for Education

145 Master's Degrees Awarded

80.7% Women

11.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 145 master’s degrees in education handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 80.7% of the education students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 11.0% of education master’s degree recipients at Illinois State in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 28%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	124
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Master’s in Education Focus Areas at Illinois State

Education students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	67
Educational Administration	14
Special Education	19
Student Counseling	21
Teacher Education Subject Specific	24

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.