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2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Teacher Education Subject Specific program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Carbondale the most popular school in Illinois for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 63% of the subject specific ed majors at the school.

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#1

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Our analysis found Judson University to be the most popular school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Located in the midsize city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in subject specific ed at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Chicago is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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National Louis University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Loyola University Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #7, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 10 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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