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2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$24,176 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,871 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, management sciences and quantitative methods was ranked 3rd in Illinois. In fact, 3,914 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for management science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Management Sciences & Methods

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Illinois State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of St Francis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value management sciences and quantitative methods schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

University of Saint Francis did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value management sciences and quantitative methods schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois rankings.

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#6

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elmhurst.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Elmhurst are $32,800 a year.

Full Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Elmhurst University Report

Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 413
Ohio 485
Indiana 476
Wisconsin 174

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
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 6 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).
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