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Career Information for Fitness Trainers And Aerobics Instructors in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Fitness Trainers And Aerobics Instructors in Illinois

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

Salaries for Fitness Trainers And Aerobics Instructors in Illinois

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

Schools for Fitness Trainers And Aerobics Instructors in Illinois are listed below.

Selected Fitness Trainer 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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Rasmussen College
Aurora, Rockford, Romeoville

Offers career training and degree programs in allied health, business, justice studies, nursing, education, and technology. Located at 13 campuses across the U.S.

  • Programs: Exercise Science
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors in Illinois

University of Phoenix Online
Online

Providing the flexibility of a 100% online education. Receive lectures, questions and assignments from instructors electronically. Students study them at their convenience.

  • Programs: Sports Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Fitness, Fitness And Exercise
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Illinois Fitness Trainer Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Blackburn CollegeCarlinvilleBachelor617
Concordia University River ForestRiver ForestDoctorate4,126
DePaul UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional23,401
Elgin Community CollegeElginAssociate9,613
Elmhurst CollegeElmhurstMasters3,184
Eureka CollegeEurekaBachelor672
Greenville CollegeGreenvilleMasters1,528
Illinois State UniversityNormalDoctorate20,274
Judson UniversityElginMasters1,236
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Lewis UniversityRomeovilleDoctorate5,347
MacMurray CollegeJacksonvilleBachelor648
McHenry County CollegeCrystal LakeAssociate5,274
Millikin UniversityDecaturMasters2,376
Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos HillsAssociate15,859
North Central CollegeNapervilleMasters2,559
North Park UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional3,200
Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicagoMasters12,814
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalbDoctorate & First Professional25,254
Northwestern UniversityEvanstonDoctorate & First Professional19,005
Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnaisDoctorate4,636
Prairie State CollegeChicago HeightsAssociate5,507
Quincy UniversityQuincyMasters1,323
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondaleDoctorate & First Professional20,983
Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsvilleMasters & First Professional13,398
Trinity Christian CollegePalos HeightsBachelor1,367
Trinity International University DeerfieldDeerfieldDoctorate & First Professional2,783
Triton CollegeRiver GroveAssociate15,658
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional25,747
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaignDoctorate & First Professional42,326
Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar GroveAssociate8,731
Western Illinois UniversityMacombDoctorate13,331

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Fitness Trainers And Aerobics Instructors

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:
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 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

   
Kankakee170$22,3403
Bloomington270$38,8002.4
Decatur130$20,6801.8
Champaign230$34,7601.5
Danville50$18,9901.4
Chicago8,770$34,7101.3
Springfield130$25,9600.8
Rockford160$26,8500.6
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