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2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

9 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business, management and marketing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the midsize city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 65% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 35% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of St Francis is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 64% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Illinois University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

About 42% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 58% are male.

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#4

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Chicago 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 suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Concordia University, Chicago, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#5

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Lewis, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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#6

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elmhurst.

Women make up 75% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #7, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

About 80% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#8

McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

McKendree University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Lake Forest, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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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 9 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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