2023 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, general education students earned 453 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 6th in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best school in Illinois for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
Out of the 10 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Wesleyan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bloomington, Illinois Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dominican University is a great place for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Trinity Christian College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Illinois. Trinity Christian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Palos Heights.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elmhurst University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elmhurst.
Monmouth College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Monmouth is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Monmouth.
Knox College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree general education programs. Knox is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Galesburg.
Concordia University, Chicago ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
McKendree University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree general education programs. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Read full report on General Education at McKendree University
Roosevelt University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree general education programs. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average amount in student loans that education majors at Roosevelt take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,396.
Best General Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best General Education Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 706 |
| Indiana | 502 |
| Michigan | 700 |
| Wisconsin | 515 |
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General Education Related Rankings by Major
One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Education Concentrations
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Education | 29,810 |
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
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