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Economics Schools in Illinois

Illinois contains 35 schools that offer economics programs. Northwestern University, the highest-ranking economics school in IL, has a total student population of 19,853 and is the 11th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 35 economics schools in Illinois, only 13 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northwestern University comes out as the most expensive ($28,371/yr), with Lake Land College as the lowest recorded at only $3,935/yr.

Economics students from Illinois schools who go on to become economists, economics professors, analysts, economic analysts, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,160 people working as economists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $96,320. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Illinois alone, there are 327,510 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $66,920. Economists in this state earn $98,700/yr and there are 510 employed.

Also, within the economics schools in Illinois, the average student population is 3,360 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from economics, there are 7983 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,830 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $7,282, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Economics Programs in Illinois

Northwestern University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Wheaton College

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Loyola University Chicago

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Knox College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Chicago

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Dominican University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Elmhurst College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

North Central College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Monmouth College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

McKendree University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Agricultural Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Economics, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Chicago

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Principia College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Illinois State University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Illinois Wesleyan University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

DePaul University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Applied Economics
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Bradley University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Augustana College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Springfield

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Western Illinois University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Eastern Illinois University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Northern Illinois University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Lake Forest College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lewis University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Olivet Nazarene University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Illinois College

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Benedictine University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

North Park University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roosevelt University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Rockford College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Northeastern Illinois University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Chicago State University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lake Land College

• Agricultural Economics
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Joliet Junior College

• Agricultural Economics
  

  Levels offered: Associates

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Illinois Interesting Facts

• Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy and Alton hosted the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that stirred interest all over the country in the slavery issue.
• The first Aquarium opened in Chicago, 1893.
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