Best Arbitrator programs in Illinois, ranked by enrollment
Facilitate negotiation and conflict resolution through dialogue.
11 schools in Illinois run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,803 people a year. The job pays a median of $162,410 in Illinois across about 80 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Illinois that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
3 programs in Illinois that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Illinois (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Illinois page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 22.0101In Illinois → | 1,772 | 98.3% | 9 | — | — |
| 2 | Peace Studies and Conflict Resolutionmain feeder CIP 30.0501In Illinois → | 26 | 1.4% | 1 | $40,929 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 30.2801In Illinois → | 5 | 0.3% | 2 | $41,622 | $21,250 |
Top 11 schools in Illinois
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 11 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 292 | Law | — | 95% | $14,799 | 8% |
| 2 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 277 | Law | — | 62% | — | 77% |
| 3 | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 263 | Law | — | 73% | $33,454 | 82% |
| 4 | Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 230 | Law | — | 75% | $19,899 | 55% |
| 5 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 215 | Law | — | 96% | $13,333 | 4% |
| 6 | DePaul University Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs | 184 | Law | — | 68% | $28,141 | 76% |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Champaign, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 153 | Law | — | 85% | — | 42% |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 109 | Law | — | 49% | — | 70% |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Carbondale, IL Public · 1 feeder programs | 75 | Law | — | 62% | — | 87% |
| 10 | Dominican University River Forest, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Dispute Resolution | — | 55% | $16,176 | 90% |
| 11 | Roosevelt University Chicago, IL Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Dispute Resolution | — | 35% | $21,085 | 97% |
All 11 schools in Illinois
Every school in Illinois with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Evanston | Private not-for-profit | 292 | 1 |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Chicago | Public | 277 | 1 |
| Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 263 | 1 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 230 | 1 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 215 | 1 |
| DePaul University | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 184 | 2 |
| University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign | Champaign | Public | 153 | 1 |
| Northern Illinois University | Dekalb | Public | 109 | 1 |
| Southern Illinois University - Carbondale | Carbondale | Public | 75 | 1 |
| Dominican University | River Forest | Private not-for-profit | 3 | 1 |
| Roosevelt University | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 2 | 1 |
What arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earn in Illinois
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $75,530. Illinois pays above the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Illinois
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators page.
How to become a Arbitrator
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
- Work experience needed
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Illinois
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 3 majors mapped to Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators3 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 22.0101Law
- 30.0501Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- 30.2801Dispute Resolution
Common questions
Answers for people weighing arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators programs in Illinois.
What degree do you need to become an Arbitrator?+
Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Law, which awarded 1,772 degrees in Illinois in 2024-25, 98.3% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming an Arbitrator?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 3 programs to this occupation. The largest are Law, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Dispute Resolution. Together they graduate about 1,803 people a year in Illinois.
How much do arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators earn in Illinois?+
The median is $162,410 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 115.0% above the U.S. median of $75,530. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators growing?+
BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Illinois?+
11 institutions in Illinois reported graduates from at least one of the 3 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Mediator, Arbitrator, Labor Arbitrator, Alternative Dispute Resolution Coordinator (ADR Coordinator) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 23-1022.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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