2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Special Education in Illinois

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in special education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #79 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for special education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 19 doctor's degrees in special education to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Special Education School for Your Doctor's Degree

The special ed doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Special Education in Illinois ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of special education students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Special Education Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for special education.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Special Education in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in special education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Special Ed Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in special education. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chicago. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in special education in Illinois.

There were roughly 12 special education students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in special education from University of Illinois at Chicago

2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in special education. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in special education in Illinois.

There were roughly 5 special education individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in special education from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

3

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Illinois State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in special education. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in special education in Illinois.

There were roughly 2 special education individuals who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in special education from Illinois State University

4

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in special education has to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. More information about a doctorate in special education from Northwestern University

4

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a popular option for students interested in a doctor's degree in special education. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. More information about a doctorate in special education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Special Education Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	149	11
Ohio	144	5
Indiana	130	2
Wisconsin	104	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Special Ed

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Special Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Special Ed Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Special Education	19

Most Popular Majors Related to Special Ed

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	316
Curriculum & Instruction	103
Teacher Education Subject Specific	35
Other Education	21
General Education	13
Student Counseling	13
Education Philosophy	11
Educational Assessment	8
Instructional Media Design	7
Teacher Education Grade Specific	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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