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2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$40,076 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medicine 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 Medicine Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Medicine Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Medicine

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the best value school in Illinois for medicine students. 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.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Loyola University Chicago is a great value for medicine students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois list. 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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#5

Rush University

Chicago, IL
$29,828 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rush University is a great value for medicine students. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Rush University undergraduate students pay an average of $29,828 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Medicine at Rush University Report

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Northwestern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medicine Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Medicine Schools in Illinois list.

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#7

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL
$60,963 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, University of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for medicine students. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

UChicago undergraduate students pay an average of $60,963 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UChicago is ranked #2 for overall quality for medicine in Illinois.

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Best Value Medicine Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,198
Ohio 1,329
Indiana 494
Wisconsin 419

Medicine is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medicine

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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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