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2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois

44 Colleges
$55,467 Avg Salary
$25,786 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management 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 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business Administration & Management program at each school on the list.

Check out the business administration programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in Illinois for business administration and management students. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The excellent programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in Illinois. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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Benedictine University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois ranking. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois ranking. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#8

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

With a ranking of #8, Lewis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business administration and management students. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Romeoville.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois ranking. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

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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

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 25 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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