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2023 Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$36,000 Avg Salary
$25,925 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Education 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 students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the most popular online school in Illinois for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 98% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at National Louis University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great place for education students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 265 students majoring in education at SIUC, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Read full report on Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - Illinois. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Education at Rasmussen University - Illinois Report

Best Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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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 3 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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