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2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,002 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,224 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, education was ranked 4th in Illinois. In fact, 10,567 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Education Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Education

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Illinois to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Located in the midsize city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $13,883 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rasmussen University - Illinois also made our Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Education at Rasmussen University - Illinois

#2

Saint Augustine College

Chicago, IL

The excellent associate degree programs at Saint Augustine College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Illinois. St. Augustine College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Augustine College are $12,120 per year.

Full Education at Saint Augustine College Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 11,570
Michigan 5,939
Ohio 9,238
Wisconsin 5,792

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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