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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,002 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,979 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree School for You

Teacher Education Grade Specific is the most popular major in Illinois with 3,473 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree 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 2 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Teacher Education Grade Specific

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Illinois the best value school in Illinois for teacher education grade specific students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Rockford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rasmussen University - Illinois are $13,883 a year. The average amount in student loans that grade specific ed majors at Rasmussen University - Illinois take out while working on their Associate Degree is $22,477.

Rasmussen University - Illinois did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#2

Saint Augustine College

Chicago, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Augustine College is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, St. Augustine College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

St. Augustine College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

St. Augustine College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 3,308
Indiana 2,710
Michigan 1,460
Wisconsin 2,197

Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Grade Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 43,003
Early Childhood Education 32,920
Secondary Education 10,547
Teacher Education 9,949
Teacher Development & Methodology 6,165
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3,517
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 2,450
Adult & Continuing Education 1,074
Montessori Teacher Education 252
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods 140
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching 105
Online Educator/Online Teaching 79
International Teaching and Learning 25

Majors Similar to Grade Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 46,469
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 2 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 Vgrigas.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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