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2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$38,186 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$150,242 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Medical Science School for You

Medical Science is the #124 most popular major in Illinois with 55 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Medical Science Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Medical Science Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical science majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Medical Science

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the best value school for medical science students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.

Read full report on Medical Science at University of Illinois at Chicago

#2

Rush University

Chicago, IL
$29,828 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Rush University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best medical science schools in Illinois. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rush University are $29,828 per year.

Full Medical Science at Rush University Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best medical science schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Medical Science Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Best Value Medical Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Medical Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7
Ohio 67
Indiana 10
Wisconsin 7

Medical Science is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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