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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$60,866 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,293 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce 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.

The Best Value Business & Commerce Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for general business students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in Illinois

Check out the general business programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Business & Commerce

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best value school in Illinois for general business/commerce students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business & Commerce Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Northwestern University

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UChicago are $60,963 per year.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our Best Business & Commerce Schools in Illinois rankings.

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#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL
$31,493 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Roosevelt are $31,493 per year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Roosevelt University Report

Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools 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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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