2024 Best Secondary Education Schools in Illinois
21
Colleges in Illinois
370
Secondary Teaching Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in
secondary education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #84 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 21 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for secondary education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 370 degrees in secondary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Secondary Education School
Your choice of secondary education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for secondary education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Secondary Education Rankings by Degree Level
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 Secondary Education Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Secondary Education in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of secondary teaching degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top Illinois Schools in Secondary Teaching
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IL
Loyola University Chicago is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in secondary education. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
14th
Most Popular In IL
It's hard to beat Wheaton College Illinois if you want to pursue a degree in secondary education. Located in the suburb of Wheaton, Wheaton College Illinois is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Wheaton College Illinois is a great college overall.
There were about 7 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Wheaton College Illinois in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Wheaton College Illinois
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IL
63
Secondary Teaching Degrees Awarded
National Louis University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in secondary education. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #393 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NLU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 63 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in secondary education from National Louis University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
13th
Most Popular In IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in secondary education. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in secondary education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
22nd
Most Popular In IL
DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in secondary education from DePaul University
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
17th
Most Popular In IL
Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 6 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Northwestern University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
12th
Most Popular In IL
Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #170 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Concordia University, Chicago
Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Romeoville. A Best Colleges rank of #587 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lewis is a great university overall.
There were about 29 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at Lewis in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Lewis University
Located in the city of Chicago, SXU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 17 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at SXU in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in secondary education from Saint Xavier University
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In IL
43
Secondary Teaching Degrees Awarded
North Park is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 43rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 43 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at North Park in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in secondary education from North Park University
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