2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in Illinois (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,343 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in entrepreneurship. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurship programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree entrepreneurial studies students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in Illinois (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the #1 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Chicago, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Concordia University, Chicago

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. DePaul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760.

Read more about Entrepreneurship at DePaul

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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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