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2023 Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

4 Schools Ranked
$14,237 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

The Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which online basic certificate 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.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

William Rainey Harper College

Palatine, Illinois
1,494 Total Awards
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found William Rainey Harper College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. William Rainey Harper College is a fairly large public school located in Palatine, Illinois that handed out 1,494 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Harper College is $9,942. Out-of-state students pay an average of $11,754. Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

Full William Rainey Harper College Report

201 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois list. Soma Institute-The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy is a private for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 201 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.

Around 10% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

Rasmussen University - Illinois

Rockford, Illinois
231 Total Awards
$14,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Illinois landed the # 3 spot on the list. This small private for-profit school is located in Rockford, Illinois, and it awarded 231 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Rasmussen University - Illinois does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $14,294. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.

Around 65% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

Northwestern College - Bridgeview

Oak Lawn, Illinois
$18,475 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern College - Bridgeview is a great place for trade school students working on their basic certificate.

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.

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.

Full Northwestern College - Bridgeview Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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