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Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in Illinois

1 College
$47,433 Avg Salary
$23,191 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Special Education Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in Illinois offering online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for special ed majors pursuing an online .

#1

Olivet Nazarene University

Bourbonnais, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Olivet Nazarene University the most popular online school in Illinois for special education students. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 287
Ohio 484
Indiana 2,044
Wisconsin 288

More Special Education Rankings in Illinois

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

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 values are for the top school 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 woodleywonderworks.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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