2022 Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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Biology Education is the 522nd most popular major in the country with 777 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 39 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 biology education graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biology education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biology education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biology education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biology Education in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 13 masters’s biology teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biology Education at UIUC

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biology Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s biology teacher education students in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #0 spot in our “Best Biology Education Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full DePaul Biology Education 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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