2025 Best Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois
5
Colleges in Illinois
359
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physician Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #71 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physician assistant. Combined, these schools handed out 359 degrees in physician assistant to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Physician Assistant School
Your choice of physician 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 physician 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.
Pick Your Physician Assistant Degree Level
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 Physician Assistant Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Best Schools for Physician 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 physician assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Physician Assistant
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IL
35
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in physician assistant needs to check out Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Northwestern University
Any student who is interested in physician assistant has to check out Rush University. Located in the large city of Chicago, Rush University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were approximately 30 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Rush University in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Rush University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In IL
83
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Every student pursuing a degree in physician assistant needs to check out Southern Illinois University Carbondale. SIUC is a large public university located in the distant town of Carbondale. This university ranks 36th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 83 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IL
33
Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
University of St Francis is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in physician assistant. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #508 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Saint Francis is a great university overall.
There were about 33 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at University of Saint Francis in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from University of St Francis
Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of River Forest. This university ranks 43rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 30 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at Dominican U in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in physician assistant from Dominican University
