2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 49 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education 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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education in Illinois

#1

North Park University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$14,076 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, North Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teacher education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree teacher education students list, North Park has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Park University are $14,076, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Teacher Education at North Park

#2

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$14,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Forest College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Located in Lake Forest, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s teacher education students in 2019-2020.

Lake Forest also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lake Forest are $14,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Teacher Education at Lake Forest

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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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