伊利诺伊州的教师毕业率使其跻身全美教师教育十强之列。伊利诺伊州公立学校的教室中，每7名教师中就有近1名拥有伊利诺伊州立大学的学位。目前，伊利诺斯州低州所有中学教师中约有一半拥有伊利诺伊州的教学学位。在伊利诺伊州和全国各地，对化学老师的需求都很大。在未来的10年中，我们需要的化学老师数量将超过目前的教师教育计划。伊利诺伊州立大学的化学教师教育计划已获得美国国家教师教育认可委员会（NCATE）和美国国家科学教师协会（NSTA）的全面认可。化学系是美国化学会认证的全美最大的学位课程之一。化学是对物质的结构和组成
Illinois State's rate of teacher graduation places it among the Top 10 educators of teachers in the nation. Nearly 1 of every 7 teachers in the classrooms of Illinois' public schools holds a degree from Illinois State University. Approximately one-half of all secondary school teachers in downstate Illinois currently hold teaching degrees from Illinois State. The demand for chemistry teachers is great in both Illinois and across the nation. We need more beginning chemistry teachers over the next 10 years than teacher education programs can currently produce. Illinois State's Chemistry Teacher Education program is fully accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). The Department of Chemistry is one of the nation's top producers of degrees certified by the American Chemical Society. Chemistry is the study of the structure and composition of substances and the way they can be changed and transformed. There are almost 100,000 chemists in America and still the need for such individuals is on the rise. More than 75% of the chemists are employed by the private sector and some chemists work as professors in colleges.