2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions 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 Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for health professions 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. 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 Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health professions majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in Illinois for health professions students. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $27,786 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rasmussen University - Illinois is a great value for health professions students. Located in the midsize city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Rasmussen University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $13,883 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent programs at Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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.
St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing undergraduate students pay an average of $22,369 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for health professions students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.
Illinois State also made our Best Health Professions Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.
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With a ranking of #6, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GSU are $10,108 per year.
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Eastern Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value health professions programs. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EIU are $12,297 a year.
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McKendree University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large suburb of Lebanon, McKendree is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at McKendree are $33,050 per year.
University of St Francis ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Saint Francis are $35,000 a year.
University of Saint Francis did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Professions Schools in Illinois list.
Chamberlain University - Illinois ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chamberlain - Illinois are $20,250 a year.
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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 5,507 |
| Ohio | 8,765 |
| Wisconsin | 3,630 |
| Michigan | 5,949 |
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Majors Related to Health Professions
Health Professions Majors to Study
| 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 25 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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