2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 453 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #69 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UIUC also took the #3 spot in our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Christian College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Trinity Christian is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Palos Heights.
Trinity Christian undergraduate students pay an average of $33,275 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Dominican University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in Illinois. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dominican U are $35,420 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elmhurst University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elmhurst.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Elmhurst are $39,400 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Wesleyan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, Illinois Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Wesleyan are $52,512 per year.
Illinois Wesleyan also made our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.
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Concordia University, Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Concordia University, Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $34,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Monmouth College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Monmouth is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Monmouth.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Monmouth are $41,390 per year.
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McKendree University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general education programs. Located in the large suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
McKendree undergraduate students pay an average of $33,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Roosevelt University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Roosevelt are $31,493 per year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at Roosevelt take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $28,396.
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Knox College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Knox is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Galesburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Knox are $51,576 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 700 |
| Ohio | 706 |
| Indiana | 502 |
| Wisconsin | 515 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 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).
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