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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$25,701 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,414 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 43,297 teacher education subject specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for subject specific ed students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Concordia University, Chicago also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cardinal Stritch University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Cardinal Stritch is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

Cardinal Stritch graduate students pay an average of $11,840 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NLU are $12,096 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NLU also is in the top 15% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#5

Judson University

Elgin, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Judson graduate students pay an average of $16,314 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

Purdue also took the #3 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $33,064 per year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#10

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

With a ranking of #10, Western Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $26,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
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

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 18 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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