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2023 Most Popular Education Philosophy Schools in Illinois

6 Colleges
$56,648 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Philosophy School for You

Education Philosophy is the #12 most popular major in Illinois with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Education Philosophy Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education Philosophy program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Philosophy Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for education philosophy students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Education Philosophy Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means DePaul University is a great place for education philosophy students. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Education Philosophy Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great place for education philosophy students. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Education Philosophy Schools in Illinois list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Education Philosophy Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Philosophy Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 24
Indiana 8
Michigan 14
Wisconsin 68

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, education philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Philosophy Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education 737

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

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