2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 11,008 people earned their degree in entrepreneurial studies, making the major the 117th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,665 and had an average of $25,440 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 199 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 14 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in entrepreneurial studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality entrepreneurial studies 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 entrepreneurial studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,185 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Elgin Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECC is $4,185 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students with aid.

Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Elgin Community College

#2

Moraine Valley Community College

Palos Hills, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$2,422 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Moraine Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Palos Hills, Illinois, and it awarded 1 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MVCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend MVCC is $2,422 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students with aid.

Full MVCC Entrepreneurial Studies Report

#3

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Belleville, Illinois, and it awarded 5 associates’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SWIC is $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students with aid.

Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at SWIC

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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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