2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Entrepreneurial Studies is the 117th most popular major in the country with 11,008 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, entrepreneurial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,665 and had an average of $25,440 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 199 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in entrepreneurial studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality entrepreneurial studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 entrepreneurial studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree entrepreneurship students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois

$9,378 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 1 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378.

Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Concordia University, Chicago

#2

DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$19,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s entrepreneurship degrees in 2019-2020.

DePaul also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul University are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at DePaul University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies (With Aid)

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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