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2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

8 Colleges
$57,667 Avg Salary

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.

The Most Popular Medicine Doctor's Degree 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 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Medicine program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medicine majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the most popular school in Illinois for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 51% of the medicine majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a great place for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 255 students majoring in medicine at RFUMS, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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Out of the 8 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 college with a large student population.

Women make up 52% of the medicine majors at the school.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 46% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 54% are male.

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#5

Rush University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rush University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 122 students majoring in medicine at Rush University, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

About 43% of the students majoring in medicine at the school are women while 57% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medicine students working on their doctor’s degree. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

Of the 69 students majoring in medicine at SIUC, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for medicine students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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 8 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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