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2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

12 Schools Ranked
$25,427 Avg Student Debt

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Illinois to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

University of St Francis

Joliet, Illinois
48 Total Awards
$13,839 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of St Francis the most popular school in Illinois for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Joliet, Illinois. It awarded 48 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 81% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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71 Total Awards
$14,090 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chamberlain University - Illinois. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Addison, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 71 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, Chamberlain - Illinois is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#3

Rush University

Chicago, Illinois
41 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Rush University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 41 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.

Around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
30 Total Awards
$17,400 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bradley University is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 93% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#5

Lewis University

Romeoville, Illinois
14 Total Awards
$14,960 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lewis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Lewis University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Romeoville, Illinois that handed out 14 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

Around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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44 Total Awards
$17,277 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large public school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 44 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 61% were women.

Around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#7

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois
9 Total Awards
$11,111 Average Tuition & Fees
$22,872 Avg Student Debt

With a ranking of #7, University of Illinois at Springfield did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. UIS is a public institution located in Springfield, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,872 in student loans. Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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10 Total Awards
$9,316 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Edwardsville, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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4 Total Awards
$36,765 Average Tuition & Fees

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. RFUMS is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 18% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
1 Total Awards
$56,567 Average Tuition & Fees
$21,679 Avg Student Debt

Northwestern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,679 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 2% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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1 Total Awards
$8,740 Average Tuition & Fees

Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#12

Methodist College

Peoria, Illinois
$16,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Methodist College ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

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.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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