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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$25,701 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,414 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree School for You

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the #23 most popular major in the country with 43,297 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for subject specific ed 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.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Concordia University, Chicago is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.

Illinois State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cardinal Stritch University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Cardinal Stritch is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cardinal Stritch are $11,840 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NLU are $12,096 a year.

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#5

Judson University

Elgin, IL

Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Judson University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Elgin, Judson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Judson are $16,314 per year.

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#6

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Central Michigan University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 10% of our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #8, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUC are $33,064 a year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UIUC also did well on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

Western Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,338
Ohio 1,661
Illinois 1,676
Indiana 1,703
Wisconsin 913

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teacher education subject specific has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Subject Specific Ed

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 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 Aparajita Datta.

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