2024 Best Medical Science Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in medical science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #136 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medical Science Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 master's degrees in medical science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medical science students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt medical science students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical science students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Medical Science 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 Medical Science Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Medical Science in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in medical science.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Medical Science

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

32 Annual Graduates

$150,242 Median Starting Salary

Northwestern University is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in medical science. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

After graduation, medical science master's recipients usually earn about $150,242 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in medical science from Northwestern University

2

Rush University
Chicago, IL

20 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Rush University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in medical science. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in medical science from Rush University

Best Medical Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Medical Science Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	211	7
Ohio	207	44
Indiana	191	7
Wisconsin	173	3

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Medical Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Medical Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist	55

Majors Similar to Medical Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,250
Public Health	757
Health & Medical Administrative Services	499
Communication Sciences	416
Allied Health Professions	388
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	335
Mental & Social Health Services	251
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	91
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	82
Medical Illustration & Informatics	67

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.