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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor in Illinois

7 Ranked Colleges
124 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master's in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,707 people earned their degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor, making the major the 182nd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 237 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 124 teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teaching English as a second or foreign language/ESL language instructor program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor in Illinois

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 28 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 15 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’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 UIUC are $30,083.

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#3

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #3 spot on the list. Wheaton, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois also made our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wheaton College Illinois are $17,424, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Greenville University

Greenville, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville University landed the #4 spot on the list. Greenville is located in Greenville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to qualified students.

Greenville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Greenville are $8,082.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Northeastern Illinois University is a medium-sized public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 24 masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees in 2019-2020.

Northeastern Illinois University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern Illinois University are $17,032, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree teaching english as a second or foreign language/esl language instructor students list, SIUC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928.

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#7

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Dominican University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools for a Master’s in Illinois ranking. River Forest, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s teaching English as a second or foreign language degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Dominican U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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