2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
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Our analysis found National Louis University to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Illinois. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 179 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend NLU, expect to pay an average of $14,169 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $29,416 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 98% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 50% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, the fairly large public school awarded 265 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
If you want to attend SIUC, expect to pay an average of $15,240 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from SIUC accumulate an average of $23,761 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 57% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 43% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Illinois landed the # 3 spot on the list.
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, bachelor’s degree students take out $37,026 in loans while pursuing their degree.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
References
- 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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