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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$25,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $9,773 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Western Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Illinois. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of St Francis is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

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DeVry University - Illinois ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeVry University - Illinois are $17,552 a year.

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#7

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #7, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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With a ranking of #8, Benedictine University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the 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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#9

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

With a ranking of #9, Elmhurst University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elmhurst.

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

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #10, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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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 10 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.

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