2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Special Education Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 631 degrees and certificates were awarded to special education students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.
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 Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for special ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Special Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Special Education
Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for special education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Olivet Nazarene University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Illinois. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.
Olivet Nazarene graduate students pay an average of $12,190 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Olivet Nazarene did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Special Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.
Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 287 |
| Ohio | 484 |
| Indiana | 2,044 |
| Wisconsin | 288 |
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Majors Related to Special Ed
One of 14 majors within the area of study, special education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 45,458 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
| General Education | 21,189 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
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).
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