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Economics Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has eight economics schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with an economics program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University). To learn more about economics programs in Chicago, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of economics professors at Loyola University Chicago such as Sister M. Bailey, Louis Cain, Margie Cepon, Mine Cinar, Mary Beth Cummings, and Jared Franz.

Economics students from Chicago 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 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 229,060 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average salary of $69,670. Economists in this area earn $100,480/yr and there are 490 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by economists, and 62/1000 are held by business and financial operations employees.

Of the 8 economics schools in Chicago, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola University Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($27,955/yr) for economics students, with University of Illinois at Chicago as the lowest, reported at only $8,828/yr.

Economics Programs in Chicago

Loyola University Chicago

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Illinois at Chicago

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

University of Chicago

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: PhD
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

DePaul University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Applied Economics
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

North Park University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Roosevelt University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Northeastern Illinois University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Chicago State University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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