2023 Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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Top Teaching Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Rasmussen University - Illinois

Rockford, Illinois

$13,883 Average Tuition & Fees

$27,566 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Illinois to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois.

Rasmussen University - Illinois does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $13,883. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $27,566 in loans while pursuing their degree.

One thing to take note of is that Rasmussen University - Illinois does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 99% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Saint Augustine College

Chicago, Illinois

$12,120 Average Tuition & Fees

$4,978 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Augustine College is a great place for teaching students working on their associate degree.

St. Augustine College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $12,120. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $4,978 in student loans.

St. Augustine College is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

References

• Read more about our ranking methodology.
• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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