2022 Best Value Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Technical Teacher Education is the 644th most popular major in the country with 425 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 14 technical teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in technical teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great technical teacher education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the technical 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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Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,351 Average Net Price

$49,122 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 ’s technical teacher education degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,351 for Illinois Technical Teacher Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UIUC.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about Technical Teacher Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$13,560 Average Net Price

$37,377 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 ’s technical teacher education degrees to qualified students.

EIU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Technical Teacher Education Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $13,560 for Illinois Technical Teacher Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend EIU.

Read full report on Technical Teacher Education at EIU

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• Best Value Colleges for Technical Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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