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2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,137 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,972 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You

With 510 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #64 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for information technology students working on their associate degree. SWIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Belleville.

SWIC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, IT graduates from SWIC carry an average student debtload of $10,603.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rasmussen University - Illinois. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $13,883 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, IT majors at Rasmussen University - Illinois accumulate an average of around $26,036 in student debt.

Rasmussen University - Illinois not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Information Technology at Rasmussen University - Illinois Report

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 637
Ohio 485
Indiana 553
Wisconsin 376

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to IT

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools 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 Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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