2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,105 people earned their degree in reading teacher education, making the major the 133rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 454 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 reading teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent reading teacher education 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 reading teacher education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Reading Teacher Education in Illinois

#1

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$18,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. Located in Elgin, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s reading teacher education students in 2019-2020.

Judson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Reading Teacher Education at Judson

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Reading Teacher Education Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s reading teacher education degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Reading Teacher Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Concordia University, Chicago Reading Teacher Education Report

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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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