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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education opportunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Illinois
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Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in Illinois for trade school students working on their associate degree. Located in Naperville, Illinois, the large private for-profit school awarded 1,611 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees at DeVry University - Illinois is $15,032. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. On average, associate degree students take out $29,129 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 99% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
The excellent associate degree programs at Richland Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Illinois. Richland Community College is a small public school located in Decatur, Illinois that handed out 292 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
Full-time students from Illinois pay an average of $10,800 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Richland Community College. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $17,070. Associate Degree recipients from Richland Community College accumulate an average of $8,385 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 47% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent associate degree programs at Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Illinois. Located in Rockford, Illinois, the very small private for-profit school awarded 136 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $16,699 to cover tuition and fees at Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,637 in student loans. Around 90% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 78% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences landed the # 4 spot on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Quincy, Illinois, and it awarded 11 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees at BRCN is $29,180. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. Around 91% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Northwestern College - Bridgeview. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois list. This very small private for-profit school is located in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and it awarded 76 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $18,475 to cover tuition and fees at NC. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, associate degree students take out $24,655 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 84% were women.
NC is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Rasmussen University - Illinois came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school located in Rockford, Illinois that handed out 950 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
If you want to attend Rasmussen University - Illinois, expect to pay an average of $14,294 in tuition and fees. Of course, this could be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,089 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 65% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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