2023 Best Teaching Doctor's 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Northwestern. In fact, around 2% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of St Francis is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Saint Francis. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Illinois.
Online graduate courses are available at Olivet Nazarene, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 22 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Concordia University, Chicago, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UIUC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, National Louis University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NLU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
McKendree University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at McKendree. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Aurora University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Aurora, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
Illinois State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Illinois State. In fact, around 81% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #10, Northern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NIU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 43% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Lewis University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
Lewis does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #12, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that SIUC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 24% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Western Illinois University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
WIU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UIC. In 2019-2020 about 95% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Loyola University Chicago came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Loyola Chicago does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Judson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #16 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Judson. In 2019-2020 about 45% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
DePaul University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that DePaul does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #18, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
GSU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 35% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Roosevelt University landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Roosevelt. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 44% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Benedictine University landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Benedictine U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since SIUE does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 86% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Chicago State University ranked #22 on this year’s Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since CSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 27% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 22 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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