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2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$40,076 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$58,294 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medicine 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.

The Best Value Medicine 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 7 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for 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.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Medicine

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the best value school for medicine students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Illinois. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Loyola Chicago also claimed a spot on our Best Medicine Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

Rush University

Chicago, IL
$29,828 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rush University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Rush University undergraduate students pay an average of $29,828 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Northwestern University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value medicine programs. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also made our Best Medicine Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UChicago are $60,963 per year.

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Best Value Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 1,329
Michigan 1,198
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

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

Medicine Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 20,665

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 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).

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