2023 Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business/Corporate Communications is the 240th most popular major in the country with 1,029 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, business/corporate communications graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $41,185 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 43 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,550 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 business/corporate communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in business/corporate communications. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/corporate communications programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the business/corporate communications program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

1

Roosevelt University
Chicago, Illinois

95 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roosevelt University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 19 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2020-2021.

Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list.According to our most recent data, Roosevelt supports 4,680 students, and 95 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 43 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,071. On top of their other funding sources, 20 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Roosevelt does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Roosevelt]](/colleges/roosevelt-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

Trinity Christian College
Palos Heights, Illinois

14 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$10,438 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Christian College landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity Christian College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Palos Heights, Illinois. It awarded 2 bachelors’s business communications degrees in 2020-2021.

Trinity Christian also made our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2.According to our most recent data, Trinity Christian College supports 1,086 students, and 14 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,438. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Trinity Christian College]](/colleges/trinity-christian-college/student-life/veterans/)

3

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, Illinois

134 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$7,085 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Business Communications for a Bachelor’s list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business communications students in 2020-2021.

Concordia University, Chicago also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 134 of the 6,491 students enrolled at Concordia University, Chicago were GI Bill® students, of which 96 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,085. In addition to receiving other benefits, 4 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Concordia University, Chicago Veteran Student Life Report

• Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Business/Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Joi Ito.