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2023 Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$25,436 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teaching English or French School for You

With 140 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teaching English or French is the #141 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for English or French students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Teaching English or French Colleges.

Top 10 Best Teaching English or French Schools

#1

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL
$9,632 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named College of Lake County the best value school in Illinois for teaching English or French students. Located in the suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of Lake County are $9,632 per year. While working on their degree, English or French majors at College of Lake County accumulate an average of around $14,845 in student debt.

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#2

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL
$37,440 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching English or French schools in Illinois. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Olivet Nazarene are $37,440 a year.

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$35,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 13 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Saint Francis are $35,000 per year.

University of Saint Francis excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois list.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL
$34,310 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concordia University, Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $34,310 per year.

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#5

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL
$12,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 13 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EIU are $12,297 a year.

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$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$12,064 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Northeastern Illinois University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching English or French students. Located in the city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northeastern Illinois University are $12,064 a year.

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$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching English or French students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for English or French in Illinois.

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#9

Dominican University

River Forest, IL
$35,420 Average Tuition & Fees

Dominican University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value teaching English or French programs. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dominican U are $35,420 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Dominican U also is in the top 20% of our Best Teaching English or French Schools in Illinois ranking.

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#10

Saint Xavier University

Chicago, IL
$35,060 Average Tuition & Fees

Saint Xavier University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teaching English or French students. It came in at #10 on the list. SXU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SXU are $35,060 per year.

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Best Value Teaching English or French Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Teaching English or French Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 121
Ohio 92
Indiana 31
Wisconsin 28

One of 14 majors within the area of study, teaching English or French has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related 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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 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 G0h4r.

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