2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 8,343 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 166 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great entrepreneurship programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The entrepreneurial studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois”.

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Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in Illinois

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,185 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for an Associate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Elgin Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Elgin, Illinois, and it awarded 1 associates’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ECC is $4,185 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurial Studies students.

Read more about Entrepreneurship at Elgin Community College

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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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