Ranked #149 in popularity, advertising is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Advertising Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 234 degrees in advertising annually.
The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. We derive our Best Overall Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Advertising Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the advertising degree levels they offer.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in advertising. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 204 advertising students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in advertising. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago. This university ranks 4th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 9 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
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Columbia College Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in advertising. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Chicago. This college ranks 9th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 16 advertising students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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).
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The advertising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Advertising rankings. We derive our Best Overall Advertising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
