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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$79,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree School for You

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in Illinois with 7,000 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Doctorate in Business Administration & Management

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best school in Illinois for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

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National Louis University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business administration and management programs. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#7

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Governors State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public college with a small student population.

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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree business administration and management programs. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,906
Ohio 3,681
Indiana 2,674
Wisconsin 1,563

One of 20 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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