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2023 Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate 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.
The Most Popular Online Undergraduate 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 undergraduate 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.
Most Popular Online Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:
Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in Illinois for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. This large private for-profit school is located in Naperville, Illinois, and it awarded 2,903 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $15,032 to cover tuition and fees at DeVry University - Illinois. The school does not offer an in-state discount. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $16,207 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 99% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a very small private for-profit school situated in Rockford, Illinois. It awarded 299 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $16,699. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $15,217 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Richland Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois list. Richland Community College is a small public school located in Decatur, Illinois that handed out 188 undergraduate certificates 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. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $17,070. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 47% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Illinois is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school situated in Rockford, Illinois. It awarded 111 undergraduate certificates 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 undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,099 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 97% were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 65% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
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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.