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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$17,470 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

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

Our analysis found VanderCook College of Music to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, VanderCook College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

VanderCook College of Music graduate students pay an average of $7,730 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northeastern Illinois University are $9,428 a year.

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The excellent master’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 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.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

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#5

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 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 suburb of Bourbonnais.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Olivet Nazarene are $12,190 per year.

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Northern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of St Francis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Saint Francis also made our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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#8

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

With a ranking of #8, Lewis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lewis are $14,960 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lewis also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.

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National Louis University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 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 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 21 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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