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Communications Schools in Illinois

Illinois contains 109 schools that offer communications programs. Northwestern University, the highest-ranking communications school in IL, has a total student population of 19,853 and is the 11th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 109 communications schools in Illinois, only 12 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($28,726/yr), with Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Wabash Valley College as the lowest recorded at only $1,984/yr.

Communications students from Illinois schools who go on to become communication disorder specialists, speech therapists, speech language pathologists, teacher of the speech and hearing handicappeds, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 25,090 people working as communications teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,190. Also, Rehabilitation counselors make on average $34,710 per year and there are about 112,690 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Illinois alone, there are 3,620 employed rehabilitation counselors earning an average yearly salary of $36,910. Communications teachers in this state earn $52,890/yr and there are 850 employed.

Also, within the communications schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from communications, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Communications Programs in Illinois

Northwestern University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Loyola University Chicago

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Chicago

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Illinois Institute of Technology

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Elmhurst College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Masters

North Central College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Saint Xavier University

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Greenville College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

University of Chicago

• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Illinois State University

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Zarem Golde ORT Technical Institute

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

DePaul University

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Bradley University

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Western Illinois University

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Taylor Business Institute

• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

Northern Illinois University

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

ITT Technical Institute-Mount Prospect

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Lewis University

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Trinity Christian College

• Business/Corporate Communications
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

The College of Office Technology

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

ITT Technnical Institute-Orland Park

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

DeVry University-Illinois

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Robert Morris College

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates

The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Visual Communications, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roosevelt University

• Business/Corporate Communications
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

ITT Technical Institute-Burr Ridge

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Wabash Valley College

• Communications technologies/technicians and support services
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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