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Your belief in the power of education brought you to the College of Education at Illinois. Here, you get a research-enhanced experience with unmatched learning and training opportunities to best prepare and shape you as a future educator, researcher or policymaker.

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3Top-10 Online Master's in Education Programs 2026 U.S. News & World Report
#11Education Graduate Programs Among Public Universities 2025 U.S. News and World Report
240First-Year Students in the Class of 2029 – the largest in 50+ years
#5Public "New Ivy" Forbes Magazine
#12Public University 2025 U.S. News & World Report
5★Best Colleges Money Magazine

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Our mission extends beyond our classrooms and campus. We make a difference in people’s lives locally, nationally, and globally through invigorating outreach informed by our commitment to community and rigorous research culture.

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