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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$16,669 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $9,773 per year.

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Out of the 10 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 10 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Out of the 10 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Romeoville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lewis are $14,960 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

University of Saint Francis also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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With a ranking of #6, DeVry University - Illinois did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DeVry University - Illinois are $17,552 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

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#8

Millikin University

Decatur, IL

Millikin University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Decatur, Millikin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Millikin graduate students pay an average of $20,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the suburb of Elmhurst, Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Elmhurst are $32,800 per year.

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Benedictine University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges 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 10 schools only.

  • 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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