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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,960 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,533 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate School for You

Curriculum & Instruction is the #12 most popular major in Illinois with 1,019 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for curriculum 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 Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Check out the curriculum graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Curriculum & Instruction

#1

McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

Our analysis found McKendree University to be the best value school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at McKendree are $9,756 a year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at McKendree University Report

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 314
Ohio 341
Indiana 871
Wisconsin 248

One of 14 majors within the area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

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 Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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