by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,517 people earned their degree in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching, making the major the 197th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 308 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 29 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Full NLU Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McKendree University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. Located in Lebanon, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Park University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at North Park
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Xavier University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 4 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #5 spot on the list. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Dominican University Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching Report
DePaul University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at DePaul University
Roosevelt University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Roosevelt
Lewis University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching at Lewis
Northeastern Illinois University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching students in 2020-2021.
University of St Francis ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching Major in Illinois list. University of St Francis is a small school located in Joliet, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s junior high/intermediate/middle school education and teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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