2025 Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

If you pursue a associate degree in business administration & management, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of business administration & management. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 447 associate degrees in business administration & management during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Business Administration & Management School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of business administration & management for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality business administration program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to business administration & management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of business administration & management students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for business administration & management to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized business administration & management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for business administration & management students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Business Administration & Management in Illinois

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management.

Top Illinois Schools for an Associate in Business Administration

1

Rasmussen University - Illinois
Rockford, IL

35 Annual Graduates

$43,736 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in business administration & management needs to look into Rasmussen University - Illinois. Located in the city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Business Administration & Management associate degree recipients from Rasmussen University - Illinois receive an earnings boost of around $4,983 over the typical earnings of business administration & management graduates.

More information about a associate in business administration & management from Rasmussen University - Illinois

2

College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL

32 Annual Graduates

$46,497 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business administration & management has to check out College of DuPage. Located in the suburb of Glen Ellyn, COD is a public college with a very large student population.

Those business administration & management students who get their associate degree from College of DuPage receive $7,744 more than the average business administration student.

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3

William Rainey Harper College
Palatine, IL

47 Annual Graduates

$59,982 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in business administration & management needs to look into William Rainey Harper College. Located in the suburb of Palatine, Harper College is a public college with a large student population.

Business Administration & Management associate degree recipients from William Rainey Harper College receive an earnings boost of about $21,229 above the typical income of business administration & management majors.

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4

Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL

24 Annual Graduates

$39,887 Median Starting Salary

Joliet Junior College is a good option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in business administration & management. Located in the suburb of Joliet, Joliet Junior College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the business administration program state that they receive average early career earnings of $39,887.

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5

Lake Land College
Mattoon, IL

21 Annual Graduates

Lake Land College is a small public college located in the rural area of Mattoon.More information about a associate in business administration & management from Lake Land College

6

MacCormac College
Chicago, IL

18 Annual Graduates

$17,776 Median Starting Salary

MacCormac is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the business administration program earn around $17,776 for their early career.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Business Administration & Management Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	196	2,992
Michigan	192	1,442
Indiana	123	1,421
Wisconsin	114	1,011

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Business Administration & Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Business Administration & Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Business Administration Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Business Administration and Management	407
Operations Management	28
Supply Chain Management	10
Office Administration	1
Interior Design Management	1

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Business/Commerce	502
Accounting	183
Business Support & Assistant Services	80
General Sales & Marketing	67
Construction Management	48
Human Resource Management	33
Hospitality Management	24
Marketing	24
Management Information Systems	12
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.