47 Best Management schools in Illinois

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Management. A graph of 3.6M citations received by 82.4K academic papers made by 47 universities in Illinois was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Champaign

For Management

#5 in the United States

#6 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 64%

2. University of Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#32 in the United States

#34 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $28,060

3. Northwestern University

Evanston

For Management

#34 in the United States

#38 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,830

4. University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#53 in the United States

#62 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 80%

5. Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago

For Management

#112 in the United States

#133 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $24,796

6. Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

For Management

#158 in the United States

#188 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $14,387
Enrollment: 15,414

7. DePaul University

Chicago

For Management

#168 in the United States

#198 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $34,135

8. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Carbondale

For Management

#177 in the United States

#207 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1030
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 98%

9. Loyola University Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#185 in the United States

#215 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $39,147

10. Illinois State University

Normal

For Management

#189 in the United States

#219 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1100
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 98%

11. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Edwardsville

For Management

#215 in the United States

#247 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 95%

12. Bradley University

Peoria

For Management

#322 in the United States

#361 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Net Price: $23,787
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $30,808

13. Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

For Management

#340 in the United States

#381 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 985
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $12,960

14. Western Illinois University

Macomb

For Management

#388 in the United States

#432 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Receiving Aid: 55%
Average Aid: $14,994
Enrollment: 6,332

15. Illinois College

Jacksonville

For Management

#394 in the United States

#438 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1032
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $17,375

16. Rush University

Chicago

For Management

#439 in the United States

#486 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,769
Male:Female: 21:79
Founded: 1972

17. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#445 in the United States

#492 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 39
Male:Female: 76:24

18. University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield

For Management

#459 in the United States

#508 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1070
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 97%

19. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

Evanston

For Management

#493 in the United States

#544 in North America

Enrollment: 80
Male:Female: 25:75

20. Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago

For Management

#539 in the United States

#594 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $12,876
Enrollment: 5,734

21. Roosevelt University

Chicago

For Management

#543 in the United States

#598 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 97%
Average SAT: 1035
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,366

22. Wheaton College - Illinois

Wheaton

For Management

#588 in the United States

#644 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $31,356

23. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago

For Management

#593 in the United States

#649 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,021
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1912

24. Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

For Management

#630 in the United States

#691 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $28,644

25. Governors State University

University Park

For Management

#636 in the United States

#697 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $11,455
Enrollment: 4,397

26. North Central College

Naperville

For Management

#677 in the United States

#740 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1183
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $23,276

27. Knox College

Galesburg

For Management

#714 in the United States

#778 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $25,709

28. Chicago State University

Chicago

For Management

#746 in the United States

#810 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,194
Enrollment: 2,238

29. John Marshall Law School

Chicago

For Management

#803 in the United States

#871 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1899

30. Lake Forest College

Lake Forest

For Management

#839 in the United States

#909 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1292
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $31,225

31. National Louis University

Chicago

For Management

#861 in the United States

#932 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Net Price: $13,150
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $11,056

32. Saint Xavier University

Chicago

For Management

#867 in the United States

#938 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $11,318
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,985

33. Saint Anthony College of Nursing

Rockford

For Management

#880 in the United States

#952 in North America

Net Price: $30,212
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $3,499
Enrollment: 263

34. DeVry University - Illinois

Chicago

For Management

#883 in the United States

#955 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Average SAT: 865
Average ACT: 15
Net Price: $30,889

35. Augustana College

Rock Island

For Management

#899 in the United States

#971 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,714

36. Blackburn College

Carlinville

For Management

#904 in the United States

#976 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Net Price: $18,460
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $19,456

37. Dominican University

River Forest

For Management

#908 in the United States

#980 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 990
Average ACT: 21
Net Price: $13,402

38. Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

For Management

#919 in the United States

#992 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $24,629

39. Monmouth College

Monmouth

For Management

#920 in the United States

#993 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $17,768

40. Benedictine University

Lisle

For Management

#936 in the United States

#1009 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Net Price: $23,139
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,911

41. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#937 in the United States

#1010 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Net Price: $55,631
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $20,050

42. Aurora University

Aurora

For Management

#1026 in the United States

#1100 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1025
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,053

43. Lewis University

Romeoville

For Management

#1049 in the United States

#1124 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1085
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $18,959

44. Millikin University

Decatur

For Management

#1051 in the United States

#1126 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 995
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $22,813

45. Rockford University

Rockford

For Management

#1076 in the United States

#1152 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 960
Average ACT: 20
Net Price: $23,642

46. American InterContinental University

Schaumburg

For Management

#1082 in the United States

#1158 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $14,726
Receiving Aid: 75%
Average Aid: $7,671

47. Columbia College Chicago

Chicago

For Management

#1095 in the United States

#1171 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $29,473
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,780

Closest to Illinois states to learn Management

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Indiana	24	19
Missouri	22	45
Iowa	13	43
Kentucky	18	80
Wisconsin	25	15
Tennessee	26	51
Ohio	39	18
Michigan	23	1
Arkansas	15	116
West Virginia	8	110
Minnesota	23	20
Mississippi	10	130
Kansas	9	98
Alabama	17	89
Virginia	27	27
Georgia	31	13
North Carolina	30	35
Oklahoma	12	94
Nebraska	8	76
South Carolina	17	66
Pennsylvania	78	6
South Dakota	8	343
District of Columbia	8	64
Louisiana	18	83
Maryland	22	10
New York	102	17
New Jersey	19	30
North Dakota	5	192
Connecticut	20	31
Texas	65	12
Vermont	4	144
Colorado	16	52
Massachusetts	55	4
Rhode Island	9	92
Florida	37	26
New Hampshire	9	74
New Mexico	6	107
Maine	7	239
Montana	5	210
Utah	10	54
Arizona	6	21
Idaho	4	208
Nevada	3	131
Oregon	16	102
Washington	18	9
California	93	2
Puerto Rico	7	409
Alaska	3	303
Hawaii	5	148

Closest to Illinois states to learn Management

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