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Highest earning master's subject-area teacher education programs in Illinois
Illinois subject-area teacher education programs, ranked by median earnings one year after completion, from the College Scorecard field-of-study file (September 18, 2026). Only programs with at least 30 counted graduates in the earnings sample are shown, and at least 5 programs must qualify for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Median earnings, 1 year after | Graduates counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public, 4-year | $70,171 | 44 |
| 2 | National Louis University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $65,720 | 106 |
| 3 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $60,191 | 77 |
| 4 | Concordia University-Chicago | River Forest | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $58,990 | 88 |
| 5 | Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $58,918 | 200 |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public, 4-year | $58,494 | 99 |
| 7 | Western Illinois University | Macomb | Public, 4-year | $57,135 | 30 |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Public, 4-year | $55,312 | 40 |
Earnings cover federally aided graduates only, as published by College Scorecard.
How to read this. A smaller program can show a high or low figure from just a few graduates, and this earnings figure only ever covers students who received federal aid, so it does not describe every graduate.