by our College Data Analytics TeamFor its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 16 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for health professions students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,254 doctor's degrees in health professions during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
The health professions doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for health professions students working on their doctor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions.
Northwestern University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. 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 doctorate in health professions from Northwestern University
It is hard to beat Chamberlain University - Illinois if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Chamberlain University - Illinois
University of Illinois at Chicago is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Illinois at Chicago
Bradley University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in health professions. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Bradley University
Rush University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Rush University
Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Loyola University Chicago
SIUE is a large public university located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Located in the medium-sized city of Rockford, SACN is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Saint Anthony College of Nursing
DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a doctorate in health professions from DePaul University
Explore all the Best Health Professions Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 1,391 |
| Nursing | 1,151 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 514 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 452 |
| Dentistry | 307 |
| Optometry | 163 |
| Communication Sciences | 82 |
| Chiropractic | 65 |
| Alternative Medicine & Systems | 39 |
| Allied Health Professions | 28 |