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

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

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.

The Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly 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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#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 21 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 138 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UChicago, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Out of the 21 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 48% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 21 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 21 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 5 spot on the list. 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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Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the 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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#7

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-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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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small 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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#9

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

With a ranking of #9, Lewis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the 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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#10

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. 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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Best 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 21 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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