2022 Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business & Office Technology is the 647th most popular major in the country with 3,154 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 75 business and office technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business and office technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great business and office technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business and office technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Business & Office Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Waubonsee Community College

Sugar Grove, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$3,432 Average Net Price

$36,400 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Waubonsee Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Waubonsee is a medium-sized public school situated in Sugar Grove, Illinois. It awarded 9 ’s office automation degrees in 2019-2020.

Waubonsee did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Business & Office Technology Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $3,432 for Illinois Office Automation students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Waubonsee.

Read more about Business & Office Technology at Waubonsee

#2

College of Lake County

Grayslake, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$4,136 Average Net Price

$36,100 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Office Automation Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Lake County landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Grayslake, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified ’s office automation students in 2019-2020.

College of Lake County also made our “Best Business & Office Technology Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend College of Lake County is $4,136 for Illinois Office Automation students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Business & Office Technology at College of Lake County

• Best Value Colleges for Business & Office Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Business & Office Technology (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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