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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 13,124 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Elmhurst University the best school in Illinois for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Elmhurst, Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lewis University is a great place for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Illinois University is a great place for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

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Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Illinois State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Normal.

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#8

Millikin University

Decatur, IL

With a ranking of #8, Millikin University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Decatur, Millikin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#9

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

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Benedictine University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 9,389
Ohio 10,313
Indiana 6,950
Wisconsin 5,343

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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