2024 Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

a doctor's degree in reading teacher education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #139 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for reading teacher education students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in reading teacher education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on reading teacher education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of reading teacher education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized reading teacher education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for reading teacher education students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Reading Teacher Education Schools

The reading teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Reading Teacher Education in Illinois

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for reading teacher education students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Reading Teacher Education

1

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Concordia University, Chicago if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in reading teacher education. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in reading teacher education from Concordia University, Chicago

2

Judson University
Elgin, IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in reading teacher education needs to look into Judson University. Judson is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Elgin.More information about a doctorate in reading teacher education from Judson University

Best Reading Teacher Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Reading Teacher Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	257	2
Ohio	253	0
Wisconsin	163	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Reading Teacher Education

Reading Teacher Education is one of 37 different types of Teacher Education Subject Specific programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Reading Teacher Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Education	5
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education	3
Mathematics Education	2
Technical Teacher Education	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Aparajita Datta. More about our data sources and methodologies.