2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
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Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,679 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northwestern does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 2% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Illinois.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Online graduate courses are available at University of Saint Francis, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
One thing to take note of is that Olivet Nazarene does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
One thing to take note of is that Illinois State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Bradley University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Bradley. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at UIUC, 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 90% took at least some of their classes online.
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Loyola University Chicago came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Loyola Chicago does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. 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.
With a ranking of #9, Concordia University, Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Concordia University, Chicago does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
National Louis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NLU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 59% took at least some of their classes online.
Western Illinois University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at WIU, 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, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #12 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
One thing to take note of is that UIC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Eastern Illinois University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at EIU. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Illinois at Springfield ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,872 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that UIS does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Northern Illinois University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at NIU. 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.
McKendree University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at McKendree, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 68% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
DePaul University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at DePaul. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #18, Roosevelt University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $26,458 in loans while pursuing their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Roosevelt does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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.
With a ranking of #19, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at GSU. In fact, around 35% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Wheaton College Illinois landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
One thing to take note of is that Wheaton College Illinois does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #21 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that SIUE does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #22 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
One thing to take note of is that SIUC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Chicago State University landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
Online graduate courses are available at CSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 27% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 23 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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