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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois

45 Colleges
$52,092 Avg Salary
$25,930 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 45 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the most popular school in Illinois for business, management and marketing students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Out of the 45 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Illinois landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great place for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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

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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Benedictine University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#10

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular business, management and marketing programs. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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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 27 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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