2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

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 Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Educational/Instructional Technology is the 129th most popular major in the country with 7,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 196 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 educational/instructional technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational/instructional technology 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/instructional technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The educational/instructional technology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree educational/instructional technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#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 Educational/Instructional Technology Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. NIU is located in Dekalb, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s educational/instructional technology degrees to qualified students.

NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Educational/Instructional Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Educational/Instructional Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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