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Largest business administration programs in Illinois
Illinois business administration programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | Public, 4-year | 1,499 |
| 2 | DeVry University | Lisle | For-profit, 4-year | 1,026 |
| 3 | DePaul University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 461 |
| 4 | University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public, 4-year | 381 |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Edwardsville | Public, 4-year | 313 |
| 6 | Aurora University | Aurora | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 300 |
| 7 | University of Illinois Springfield | Springfield | Public, 4-year | 277 |
| 8 | Illinois State University | Normal | Public, 4-year | 228 |
| 9 | Northwestern University | Evanston | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 217 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public, 4-year | 206 |
| 11 | Lewis University | Romeoville | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 167 |
| 12 | Olivet Nazarene University | Bourbonnais | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 165 |
| 13 | McKendree University | Lebanon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 136 |
| 14 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public, 2-year | 130 |
| 15 | North Park University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 129 |
| 16 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 122 |
| 17 | Western Illinois University | Macomb | Public, 4-year | 107 |
| 18 | Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Lake Forest | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 99 |
| 19 | National Louis University | Chicago | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 99 |
| 20 | Governors State University | University Park | Public, 4-year | 92 |
| 21 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 88 |
| 22 | College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public, 2-year | 79 |
| 23 | Concordia University-Chicago | River Forest | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 77 |
| 24 | Rockford University | Rockford | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 65 |
| 25 | William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public, 2-year | 65 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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