History Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #470 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best History Education Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 degrees in history education annually.
The history teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for History Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best History Education Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the history teacher education degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat DePaul University if you wish to pursue a degree in history education. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #135 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 history education students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Augustana College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in history education. Located in the city of Rock Island, Augustana is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 21st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 10 history education students who graduated with this degree at Augustana in the most recent data year.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
Any student pursuing a degree in history education has to check out University of Illinois at Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #254 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 21 history education students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you wish to pursue a degree in history education. Located in the distant town of Carbondale, SIUC is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 5 history education students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The history teacher education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for History Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for history education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
