2023 Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Medicine Doctor's Degree School for You
Medicine is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 1,344 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for medicine students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Medicine
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the best value school in Illinois for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $16,162 per year.
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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value medicine schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at RFUMS are $36,765 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rush University is a great value for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Rush University graduate students pay an average of $37,253 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.
Northwestern also made our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.
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University of Chicago ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UChicago are $63,936 per year.
UChicago also made our Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Ohio | 1,329 |
Michigan | 1,198 |
Indiana | 494 |
Wisconsin | 419 |
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Medicine Related Majors for Medicine
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, medicine has other similar majors worth exploring.
Medicine Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Medicine | 20,665 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Medicine
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 7 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.