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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

With 1,068 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #11 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's 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. 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 Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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 2023 rankings named Chamberlain University - Illinois the best value school in Illinois for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIS are $11,111 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UChicago are $63,936 a 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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 423
Ohio 394
Indiana 384
Wisconsin 167

Public Health 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
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

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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