2023 Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Healthcare Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northwestern does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 2% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Out of the 19 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 3 spot on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Saint Francis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lewis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in Illinois.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Lewis. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Bradley does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 95% took at least some of their classes online.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at SIUE, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 86% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list.
UIUC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
McKendree University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since McKendree does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.
North Park University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at North Park. In 2019-2020 about 92% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Illinois State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Illinois State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Loyola University Chicago landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
Loyola Chicago does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 92% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Roosevelt University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Roosevelt. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 44% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
One thing to take note of is that UIC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Millikin University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
One thing to take note of is that Millikin does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #15, Chicago State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their doctor’s degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at CSU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 27% took at least some of their classes online.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
SIUC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.
Governors State University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at GSU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 35% took at least some of their classes online.
Northern Illinois University landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree healthcare programs.
NIU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 43% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
DePaul University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Healthcare Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
Online graduate courses are available at DePaul, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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