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2023 Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$71,194 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 244 degrees and certificates were awarded to finance and financial management students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #49 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Finance & Financial Management program at each school on the list.

Check out the finance master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for finance and financial management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 24% of the finance majors at the school.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Northwestern University Report

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 31 students majoring in finance at Illinois Tech, 71% are male and 29% are female.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Illinois Institute of Technology

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 3 spot on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

Women make up 27% of the finance majors at the school.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Northern Illinois University Report

#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

Of the 12 students majoring in finance at Concordia University, Chicago, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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#5

Saint Xavier University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, SXU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 40% of the finance majors at the school.

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#6

North Central College

Naperville, IL

North Central College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. North Central is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Naperville.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at North Central College

#6

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Lewis University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Romeoville.

Read full report on Finance & Financial Management at Lewis University

Benedictine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for finance and financial management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

Full Finance & Financial Management at Benedictine University Report

#9

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Bradley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for finance and financial management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Loyola University Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree finance and financial management programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 102
Ohio 307
Indiana 78
Wisconsin 47

Finance & Financial Management 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
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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 Dave Dugdale.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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