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2023 Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$74,610 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree School for You

General Business/Commerce is the #78 most popular major in Illinois with 132 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Business & Commerce Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best General Business/Commerce Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Business & Commerce

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for general business/commerce students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Full General Business/Commerce at Northwestern University Report

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Chicago

#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Roosevelt University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in Illinois. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 215
Ohio 52
Indiana 1,620
Wisconsin 299

General Business/Commerce is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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