2025 Best Medical Scientist Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in medical scientist, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #484 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for medical scientist students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 56 degrees in medical scientist to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Medical Scientist Schools List

Pick Your Medical Scientist Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medical Scientist Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Medical Scientist in Illinois

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medical scientist degree levels they offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Medical Scientist

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in medical scientist. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in medical scientist from Northwestern University

2

Rush University
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20.0% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat Rush University if you want to pursue a degree in medical scientist. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a degree in medical scientist from Rush University

Best Medical Scientist Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	50
Michigan	915	7
Indiana	737	10
Wisconsin	672	6

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Medical Scientist Related Rankings by Major

Medical Scientist is one of 5 different types of Medical Science programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical and Translational Science	1

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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.