Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #353 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of pre-medicine/pre-medical studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 54 degrees in pre-medicine/pre-medical studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The pre-medicine/pre-medical studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies Schools in Illinois.
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Best Schools for Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies in Illinois
The schools below may not offer all types of pre-medicine/pre-medical studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
Every student pursuing a degree in pre-medicine/pre-medical studies has to check out Dominican University. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of River Forest. This university ranks 30th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 37 pre-medicine/pre-medical studies students who graduated with this degree at Dominican U in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Concordia University, Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in pre-medicine/pre-medical studies. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of River Forest. A Best Colleges rank of #170 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.
There were approximately 2 pre-medicine/pre-medical studies students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Augustana College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in pre-medicine/pre-medical studies. Augustana is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Rock Island. A Best Colleges rank of #471 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Augustana is a great college overall.
There were approximately 8 pre-medicine/pre-medical studies students who graduated with this degree at Augustana in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).