2022 Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,824 people earned their degree in international business, making the major the 87th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, international business graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,747 and had an average of $27,886 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 186 international business graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,500 and $26,125 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 international business graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality international business 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 international business 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The international business 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 International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Business in Illinois

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Business Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s international business degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UChicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best International Business 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 UChicago are $61,548.

Read full report on International Business at University of Chicago

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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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