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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 44 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

Check out the business, management and marketing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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

Women make up 34% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 44 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

Of the 1,671 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UIUC, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at DeVry University - Illinois helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in Illinois. Located in the midsize city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 37% are male.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 1,126 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UChicago, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The in-demand master’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in Illinois. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 51% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 46% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Benedictine University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 61% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Northern Illinois University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 324 students majoring in business, management and marketing at NIU, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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Loyola University Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree business, management and marketing programs. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 49% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#10

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

Roosevelt University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 61% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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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 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.

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