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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$24,523 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,955 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business, management and marketing was the most popular one in Illinois. In total, 13,721 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

Check out the business, management and marketing doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in Illinois for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Concordia University, Chicago not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Concordia University, Chicago Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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#3

Governors State University

University Park, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Governors State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSU are $8,320 per year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Governors State University Report

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 12 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 5 spot on the list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at DePaul are $18,341 per year.

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Benedictine University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Benedictine U graduate students pay an average of $19,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 5,487
Ohio 5,612
Wisconsin 2,457
Michigan 5,704

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

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
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

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 Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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