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Career Information for Educational Counselors in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Educational Counselors in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Bloomington, Rockford, and Champaign
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Chicago, Kankakee, and Peoria
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Rockford, and Peoria

Salaries for Educational Counselors in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chicago, Kankakee, and Champaign. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Educational Counselors in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Educational Counseling Schools in Illinois

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Argosy University
Chicago, Schaumburg

Offers degree programs in business, education, health sciences, and psychology and behavioral sciences. 19 campuses in 11 states and online programs.

  • Programs: Education Specialist (EdS) In School Counseling, Master Of Arts (MA) In School Counseling
  • Degrees/Course Work: Doctorate, Master
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Educational Counselors in Illinois

Walden University
Online

Offers online graduate degrees in a wide variety of fields. Offered online

  • Programs: Counselor Education And Supervision
  • Degrees/Course Work: Doctorate

More Illinois Educational Counseling Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bradley UniversityPeoriaDoctorate6,053
Concordia University River ForestRiver ForestDoctorate4,126
Eastern Illinois UniversityCharlestonMasters12,179
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicagoDoctorate & First Professional7,277
Illinois State UniversityNormalDoctorate20,274
Lewis UniversityRomeovilleDoctorate5,347
Loyola University ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional15,545
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicagoMasters12,814
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalbDoctorate & First Professional25,254
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnaisDoctorate4,636
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoDoctorate7,163
Saint Xavier UniversityChicagoMasters5,675
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983
Western Illinois UniversityMacombDoctorate13,331

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Educational Counselors

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Educational Counselors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Educational Counselors relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Bloomington200$52,8401.8
Rockford340$50,5601.3
Champaign190$54,6601.2
Decatur80$50,0901.1
Peoria270$47,0900.9
Kankakee50$66,5300.9
Chicago5,370$70,4200.8
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