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2023 Most Popular Medicine Schools in Illinois

8 Colleges
$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Medicine Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Medicine Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the most popular 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.

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The excellent programs at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medicine schools in Illinois. 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for medicine students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#5

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rush University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#6

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for medicine students. It came in at #6 on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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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. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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

Read full report on Medicine at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best 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 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).

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