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

10 Colleges
$52,092 Avg Salary
$25,930 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Illinois to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular online school in Illinois for business, management and marketing students. Located in the midsize city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Chicago is a great place for business, management and marketing students pursuing an online degree. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

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#5

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lewis University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #6 on the list. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elmhurst.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best business, management and marketing programs. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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Lake Forest Graduate School of Management did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lake Forest, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

Adler University

Chicago, IL

Adler University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

McKendree University

Lebanon, IL

McKendree University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit school with a 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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