2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Entrepreneurship is the 151st most popular major in the country with 8,343 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 166 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality entrepreneurship programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Entrepreneurship at DePaul University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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