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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$25,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 4th in Illinois. In fact, 1,675 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Public Health Graduate Certificate 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 5 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found Chamberlain University - Illinois to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Chamberlain - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Addison.

Chamberlain - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $14,090 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Springfield is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. UIS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

UIS graduate students pay an average of $11,111 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Benedictine U are $19,640 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

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

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 985
Michigan 992
Indiana 860
Wisconsin 297

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

Public Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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