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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$14,588 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$81,870 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, educational administration was ranked 2nd in Illinois. In fact, 1,825 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in Illinois for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Concordia University, Chicago is ranked #4 for overall quality for education admin in Illinois.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $9,773 per year.

Full Educational Administration at Illinois State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

University of Saint Francis also made our Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

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#7

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

Aurora University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Aurora are $14,100 a year.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree educational administration programs. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.

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#9

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

With a ranking of #9, Lewis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lewis are $14,960 per year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $17,277 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Educational Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,033
Indiana 2,252
Michigan 877
Wisconsin 909

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

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 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 Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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