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Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

$30,756 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,153 Avg Student Debt*

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.

Top Value Business Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois
7 Total Awards
#3 in Quality in Illinois
$5,940 Average Tuition & Fees

Our rankings named Southwestern Illinois College the best value school in Illinois for business students working on their undergraduate certificate. SWIC is a public institution located in Belleville, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 7 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at SWIC are $5,940 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $12,452 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

SWIC does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 53% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

SWIC also took the #3 spot in our rankings.

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#2

Kankakee Community College

Kankakee, Illinois
7 Total Awards
#2 in Quality in Illinois
$25,560 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Kankakee Community College is a great place for business students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Kankakee, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kankakee Community College are $25,560 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,502 in student loans.

Online courses are available at Kankakee Community College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Kankakee Community College also took the #2 spot in our rankings.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
73 Total Awards
#1 in Quality in Illinois
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out undergraduate certificates to 73 students in 2020-2021.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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