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2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,819 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,418 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Alternative Medicine & Systems School for You

With 98 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, alternative medicine and systems is the #19 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for alternative medicine students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Illinois

Check out the alternative medicine programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Alternative Medicine & Systems

$6,880 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Pacific College of Health and Science to be the best value school for alternative medicine and systems students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Pacific College Chicago is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Pacific College Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $6,880 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$20,758 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National University of Health Sciences is a great value for alternative medicine and systems students. Located in the large suburb of Lombard, National College of Chiropractic is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at National College of Chiropractic are $20,758 a year.

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Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Alternative Medicine & Systems Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 7
Michigan 11
Wisconsin 9

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, alternative medicine and systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

Alternative Medicine Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine 1,930
Holistic/Integrative Health 521
General Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 410
Naturopathic Medicine/Naturopathy 329
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology 152
Ayurvedic Medicine/Ayurveda 138
Other Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems 84

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aphiwat chuangchoem.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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