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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Business Degree Central has developed this <nil> ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
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Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 20 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.
Concordia University, Chicago does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Governors State University is a great place for business students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. University Park, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
GSU graduate students pay an average of $14,674 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that GSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 35% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Illinois. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $30,862 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UIUC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our list. This fairly large public school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NIU are $11,390 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at NIU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 43% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great place for business students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
NLU graduate students pay an average of $12,096 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at NLU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #6, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their doctor’s degree. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that DePaul does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Benedictine University landed the #7 spot in the rankings for the best value doctor’s degree business programs. Located in Lisle, Illinois, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Benedictine U. During the 2019-2020 year, about 100% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Benedictine U is ranked #5 for overall quality in Illinois.
With a ranking of #8, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their doctor’s degree. SIUC is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC graduate students pay an average of $33,064 in tuition and fees each year.
SIUC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 24% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. This large public school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 17 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIC are $28,468 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UIC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s list. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Illinois Tech. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Illinois Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our list.
Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for business students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northwestern does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 2% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our list.
With a ranking of #12, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their doctor’s degree. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 52 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.
UChicago also made our list, coming in at #2.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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