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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$11,755 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,263 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in Illinois for teacher education subject specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college 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.

Illinois State also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.

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#3

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Illinois. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais.

Olivet Nazarene graduate students pay an average of $12,190 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Olivet Nazarene is ranked #4 for overall quality for subject specific ed in Illinois.

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#4

Governors State University

University Park, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Governors State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in Illinois. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSU are $8,320 per year.

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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 graduate certificate. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at EIU are $10,640 a year.

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Western Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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National Louis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Loyola University Chicago came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 8 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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