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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$15,414 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,624 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Business Administration & Management

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Business Administration & Management at Concordia University, Chicago Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#3

Governors State University

University Park, IL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Governors State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Illinois. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GSU are $8,320 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Governors State University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their doctor’s degree. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at National Louis University Report

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $17,277 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at University of Illinois at Chicago

Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. The Chicago School Chicago Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

The Chicago School Chicago Campus graduate students pay an average of $23,918 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Chicago Report

Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value 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 8 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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