2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,017 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 790 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in early childhood education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality early childhood education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 4 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago also made our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at Concordia University, Chicago

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 2 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at DePaul

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education (With Aid)

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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