2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools in Illinois
7Colleges in Illinois
1,338Medical/Clinical Assistant Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in medical/clinical assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #122 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for medical/clinical assistant students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,338 degrees in medical/clinical assistant annually.
Choosing a Great Medical/Clinical Assistant School
Your choice of medical/clinical assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medical/clinical assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The medical/clinical assistant 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 Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools in Illinois.
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Best Schools for Medical/Clinical Assistant in Illinois
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medical/clinical assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Medical/Clinical Assistant
Fox College is a good option for students interested in a degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the large suburb of Tinley Park, Fox College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 4 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at Fox College in the most recent year we have data available.
Rasmussen University - Illinois is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in medical/clinical assistant. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Rockford. A Best Colleges rank of #111 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rasmussen University - Illinois is a great university overall.
There were roughly 134 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rasmussen University - Illinois in the most recent year we have data available.
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It is difficult to beat College of DuPage if you want to pursue a degree in medical/clinical assistant. COD is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn. A Best Colleges rank of #731 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means COD is a great college overall.
There were roughly 24 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at COD in the most recent year we have data available.
Lewis and Clark Community College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 57th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 26 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at Lewis and Clark Community College in the most recent data year.
College of Lake County is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Grayslake. A Best Colleges rank of #504 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means College of Lake County is a great college overall.
There were about 53 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at College of Lake County in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 76th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 46 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at Lake Land College in the most recent data year.
SWIC is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Belleville. This college ranks 44th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 28 medical/clinical assistant students who graduated with this degree at SWIC in the most recent data year.
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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).
Your choice of medical/clinical assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medical/clinical assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
