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2023 Best Value Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,632 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate School for You

Teaching English or French is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 140 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Colleges.

Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate School

#1

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

Our 2023 rankings named College of Lake County the best value school in Illinois for teaching English or French students working on their basic certificate. College of Lake County is a large public school located in the large suburb of Grayslake.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of Lake County are $9,632 per year.

College of Lake County did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching English or French Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Teaching English or French Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 92
Indiana 31
Michigan 121
Wisconsin 28

Teaching English or French is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

English or French Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 5,764
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language, Other 27

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 G0h4r.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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