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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,627 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 1,726 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health and medical administrative services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Check out the health and medical administrative services graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health/Medical Admin Services

Our analysis found University of St Francis to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Saint Francis is ranked #3 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in Illinois.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

UIC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. RFUMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of North Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at RFUMS are $36,765 per year.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,578
Michigan 1,103
Indiana 1,799
Wisconsin 534

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Health Care Management 31,436
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 10,149
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 9,664
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 8,186
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 8,049
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,894
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 4,391
Medical Office Management/Administration 3,564
Health Information Management 3,317
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,245
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,180
Medical Reception/Receptionist 781
Long Term Care Administration/Management 353
Clinical Research Coordinator 344
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 224
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 198
Healthcare Innovation 183
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 94
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 26
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 22
Health/Medical Claims Examiner 15
Disease Registry Data Management 8
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 7

Majors Similar to Health & Medical Administrative Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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