Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

35 Colleges
$23,043 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,092 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 35 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Illinois

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools

$13,883 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Illinois the best value school in Illinois for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $13,883 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at Rasmussen University - Illinois

$13,968 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for business, management and marketing students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.

Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list.

Read More…

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a great value for business, management and marketing students. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in Illinois. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIU are $14,738 per year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Northern Illinois University Report

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for business, management and marketing students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois rankings.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

$12,053 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business, management and marketing programs. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIS are $12,053 per year.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at University of Illinois at Springfield

#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL
$34,310 Average Tuition & Fees

Concordia University, Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Concordia University, Chicago are $34,310 a year.

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

#8

Governors State University

University Park, IL
$10,108 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

GSU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,108 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Governors State University Report

$13,297 Average Tuition & Fees

Western Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at Western Illinois University

$35,000 Average Tuition & Fees

University of St Francis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois ranking. 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 undergraduate students at University of Saint Francis are $35,000 per year.

University of Saint Francis also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at University of St Francis

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

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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 25 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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.