2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 14 entrepreneurial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the entrepreneurial studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois associate degree entrepreneurship students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurial Studies in Illinois

#1

Elgin Community College

Elgin, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,185 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elgin Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois list. Elgin, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ECC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ECC is $4,185 for illinois associate degree entrepreneurship students.

Read more about Entrepreneurial Studies at Elgin Community College

#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Illinois College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southwestern Illinois College is a public institution located in Belleville, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students per year to attend Southwestern Illinois College.

Full SWIC Entrepreneurial Studies Report

#3

Moraine Valley Community College

Palos Hills, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$2,422 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Entrepreneurship Schools for an Associate in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Moraine Valley Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Palos Hills, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s entrepreneurship degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

MVCC also made our “Best Entrepreneurial Studies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for MVCC is $2,422 for Illinois Associate Degree Entrepreneurship students.

Read full report on Entrepreneurial Studies at MVCC

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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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