2024 Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois
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Ranked Colleges
98
Degrees Awarded
$18,100
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 Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 3,564 people earned their degree in alternative medicine & systems, making the major the 167th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, alternative medicine & systems graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,138 and had an average of $24,035 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 98 alternative medicine & systems graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,418 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in alternative medicine & systems. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality alternative medicine & systems programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the alternative medicine & systems program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Alternative Medicine & Systems in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University of Health Sciences. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois list. This small school is located in Lombard, Illinois, and it awarded 60 ’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at National College of Chiropractic, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Illinois” ranking.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at National University of Health Sciences
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific College of Health and Science. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Alternative Medicine Schools in Illinois. Pacific College Chicago is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 28 ’s alternative medicine degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our illinois alternative medicine students list, Pacific College Chicago has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Alternative Medicine & Systems Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pacific College of Health and Science is $18,102 for Illinois Alternative Medicine students.
Read full report on Alternative Medicine & Systems at Pacific College Chicago
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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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