2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 406 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education administration, making the major the 629th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 42 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 adult and continuing education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree adult and continuing education administration students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,086 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s adult and continuing education administration degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois

$17,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bradley University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s adult and continuing education administration degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Bradley also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bradley are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education Administration (With Aid)

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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