2024 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois
7
Ranked Colleges
315
Degrees Awarded
$18,800
Avg Net Price*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Physician Assistant is the 71st most popular major in the country with 11,351 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 315 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in physician assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physician assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois physician assistant students.
Top 7 Best Value Colleges for Physician Assistant in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 39 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
SIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale is $16,285 for Illinois Physician Assistant students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full SIUC Physician Assistant Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the #2 spot on the list. Joliet, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s physician assistant degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our illinois physician assistant students list, University of Saint Francis has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $17,102 for Illinois Physician Assistant students per year to attend University of Saint Francis.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of St Francis Physician Assistant Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois list. Dominican University is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 28 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our illinois physician assistant students list, Dominican U has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $18,645 for Illinois Physician Assistant students per year to attend Dominican University.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Physician Assistant at Dominican U
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rush University landed the #4 spot on the list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 28 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
Rush University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Physician Assistant at Rush University
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science landed the #5 spot on the list. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 66 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our illinois physician assistant students list, RFUMS has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full RFUMS Physician Assistant Report
Midwestern University - Downers Grove ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois list. Located in Downers Grove, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 83 degrees to qualified ’s physician assistant students in 2020-2021.
Midwestern University - Downers Grove also took the #3 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Physician Assistant at Midwestern University - Downers Grove
Northwestern University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 36 ’s physician assistant degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern University is $23,279 for Illinois Physician Assistant students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Physician Assistant at Northwestern
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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