2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Physical Education Teaching & Coaching is the 94th most popular major in the country with 8,428 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 247 physical education teaching and coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 physical education teaching and coaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in physical education teaching and coaching. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical education teaching and coaching programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physical education teaching and coaching program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree physical education teaching students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,086 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northern Illinois University is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s physical education teaching degrees to qualified students.

NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Northern Illinois University

#2

Greenville University

Greenville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$8,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville University landed the #2 spot on the list. Greenville University is located in Greenville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s physical education teaching degrees to qualified students.

Greenville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Greenville are $8,082.

Read more about Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at Greenville University

#3

Chicago State University

Chicago, Illinois

$15,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Physical Education Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chicago State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chicago State University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s physical education teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

CSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSU are $15,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at CSU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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