2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Illinois, there were 1,741 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,064 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that 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 general business/commerce program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general business 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 “Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1,048 masters’s general business degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce 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 Northwestern are $56,567.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Northwestern University

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s general business students in 2019-2020.

UChicago also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce 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 UChicago are $61,548.

Full University of Chicago General Business/Commerce Report

#3

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

$21,605 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general business degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605.

Read more about General Business/Commerce at Roosevelt

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

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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