2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 7 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,316 Average Net Price

$37,377 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Charleston, Illinois, and it awarded 7 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

EIU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Illinois University is $11,316 for illinois adult and continuing ed students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Eastern Illinois University Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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