2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was ranked 2nd in Illinois. In fact, 13,418 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions 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.
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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.
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Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Illinois. St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Peoria.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing are $8,740 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
University of Saint Francis also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Chamberlain University - Illinois. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Chamberlain - Illinois are $14,090 per year.
University of Illinois at Springfield did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.
UIS graduate students pay an average of $11,111 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GSU are $8,320 a year.
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Lewis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lewis are $14,960 per year.
With a ranking of #9, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UIC graduate students pay an average of $17,277 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UIC also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.
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Bradley University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bradley are $17,400 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bradley also is in the top 20% of our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 5,507 |
| Ohio | 8,765 |
| Wisconsin | 3,630 |
| Michigan | 5,949 |
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Majors Related to Health Professions
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| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 66,964 |
| Medicine | 28,629 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 24,774 |
| Public Health | 19,473 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17,335 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 16,952 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 16,815 |
| Allied Health Professions | 12,950 |
| Communication Sciences | 10,547 |
| Dentistry | 6,770 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 4,684 |
| Chiropractic | 2,658 |
| Alternative Medicine & Systems | 2,582 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 2,481 |
| Optometry | 1,822 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 1,762 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 1,747 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 1,746 |
| Other Health Professions | 1,261 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 1,122 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 954 |
| Medical Science | 909 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 462 |
| Dental Support Services | 122 |
| Alternative Medical Support Services | 80 |
| Movement & Mind-Body Therapies | 55 |
| Energy & Biologically Based Therapies | 37 |
| Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services | 11 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 4 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 21 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).
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