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2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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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 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for business administration and management students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Illinois. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

Women make up 58% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Lewis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in Illinois. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville.

Women make up 86% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#2

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

Women make up 36% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#4

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Elmhurst University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Elmhurst, Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in business administration at Elmhurst, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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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 Most Popular Online 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.

Women make up 67% of the business administration majors at the school.

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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Lake Forest Graduate School of Management landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Lake Forest Graduate School of Management is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lake Forest.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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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 7 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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