2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 102,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,168 and had an average of $25,432 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 3,102 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,138 and $25,330 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education grade specific programs and 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 teacher education grade specific program at the school. 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 Grade Specific Ed 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 Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree grade specific ed students.

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

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s grade specific ed students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago also took the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Concordia University, Chicago Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois list. DePaul University is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.

DePaul also made our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific 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 DePaul University are $19,760.

Full DePaul Teacher Education Grade Specific 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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