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2023 Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Finding the Best Education Bachelor's 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the most popular school in Illinois for education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 82% of the education majors at the school.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

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

Full Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

Out of the 51 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 85% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 15% are male.

Read full report on Education at Northern Illinois University

Out of the 51 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 4 spot on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Women make up 86% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Out of the 51 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Read full report on Education at National Louis University

Northeastern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 148 students majoring in education at Northeastern Illinois University, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 130 students majoring in education at UIC, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Read full report on Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

#8

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

Eastern Illinois University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

Of the 122 students majoring in education at EIU, 10% are male and 90% are female.

Read full report on Education at Eastern Illinois University

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 113 students majoring in education at SIUE, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Read full report on Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#10

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

Aurora University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 25% are male.

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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

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 25 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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