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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,591 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,414 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Illinois 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.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Teacher Education Subject Specific

#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 Illinois. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at National Louis University 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 city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC also took the #5 spot in our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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#6

Judson University

Elgin, IL

With a ranking of #6, Judson 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 medium-sized city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Judson are $16,314 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 Schools 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 6 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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