2026 Best Laboratory Technician Schools in Illinois
Laboratory Technician degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. The schools below stand out for the quality of their laboratory technician programs.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 14 schools to find the best for laboratory technician students.
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Best Schools for Laboratory Technician in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the laboratory technician degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Laboratory Technician
No school ranked higher than Oakton Community College this year for laboratory technician. Oakton Community College is a large public school located in the city of Des Plaines. There were roughly 12 laboratory technician students who graduated with this degree at Oakton Community College in the most recent data year. Students who receive their laboratory technician degree from Oakton Community College earn around $48,838 in the first couple years of their career. Oakton Community College graduates carry a median of $7,750 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 14 schools evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
