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2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$56,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business/Managerial Economics is the 110th most popular major in the country with 6,169 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, business/managerial economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,084 and had an average of $21,728 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 271 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,133 and $21,458 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/managerial economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the business/managerial economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s managerial economics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

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