2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 45,664 people earned their degree in educational administration, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,025 and had an average of $38,048 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 1,752 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,513 and $38,627 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the educational administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Millikin University

Decatur, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$21,331 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Millikin University landed the #1 spot on the list. Millikin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Decatur, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Millikin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Millikin is $21,331 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Education Admin students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Millikin University Educational Administration Report

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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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