If you plan on majoring in entrepreneurship, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #158 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Entrepreneurship Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 194 degrees in entrepreneurship to qualified students.
Your choice of entrepreneurship school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for entrepreneurship schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The entrepreneurial studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Entrepreneurship Schools in Illinois.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the entrepreneurial studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in entrepreneurship. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Loyola University Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in entrepreneurship. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 4th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 17 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
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It's hard to beat Concordia University, Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in entrepreneurship. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 1 entrepreneurship students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of entrepreneurship school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for entrepreneurship schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
