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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$28,817 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,125 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree School for You

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 1,676 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for subject 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. 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for subject specific ed majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Carbondale to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that subject specific ed majors at SIUC take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,343.

SIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Northeastern Illinois University undergraduate students pay an average of $12,064 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, subject specific ed majors at Northeastern Illinois University accumulate an average of around $30,739 in student debt.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $13,968 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, subject specific ed majors at Illinois State accumulate an average of around $23,028 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $412.

Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, subject specific ed graduates from UIC take out $17,446 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

UIC also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#5

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their bachelor’s degree. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,297 per year. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $158.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Subject Specific Ed majors at UIUC take out an average of $19,212 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $470.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for subject specific ed in Illinois.

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Western Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,297 per year.

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.

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#10

Chicago State University

Chicago, IL

Chicago State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. CSU is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CSU are $11,204 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Indiana 1,703
Michigan 1,338
Wisconsin 913

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

Subject Specific Ed Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching 8,121
Reading Teacher Education 6,490
Music Education 4,761
Mathematics Education 3,395
English & Language Arts Education 3,113
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 2,335
Social Studies Education 1,968
Art Education 1,837
Health Education 1,801
Science Education 1,371
Agricultural Teacher Education 1,130
Biology Education 865
History Education 804
Trade & Industrial Teacher Education 715
Technology Education 575
Social Science Teacher Education 474
Technical Teacher Education 462
Spanish Education 457
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist 370
Modern Language Education 338
Drama & Dance Education 293
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 286
Chemistry Education 238
Computer Teacher Education 217
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 185
Earth Science Teacher Education 169
Physics Education 152
Environmental Education 96
Speech Teacher Education 68
French Language Teacher Education 55
Driver & Safety Teacher Education 55
Health Occupations Teacher Education 48
Communication Arts and Literature Teacher Education 22
Distributive Education 11
German Language Teacher Education 8
Psychology Teacher Education 5
Latin Teacher Education 4
Geography Teacher Education 3

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 26 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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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