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2022 Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
1,073 Degrees Awarded
$39,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Medicine is the 40th most popular major in the country with 20,073 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 1,073 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,073 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in medicine. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent medicine programs, but they also cost less that 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 medicine program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree medicine students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 147 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwestern, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at Northwestern University

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 84 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s medicine students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at UChicago

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 315 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Medicine at UIC

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. SIUC is a fairly large public school situated in Carbondale, Illinois. It awarded 68 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUC are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Medicine Report

#5

Loyola University Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #5 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 144 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola University Chicago are $19,154, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Medicine at Loyola Chicago

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

Footnotes

  • *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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