2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 31,017 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent early childhood education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The child development 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 “Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois”.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Illinois

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s child development degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about 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 1 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Early Childhood Education at DePaul University

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education

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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