2021 Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
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13,864
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Finding the Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Health Professions is the most popular major in Illinois with 13,864 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>. This means that of the 269,520 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 5.1% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking, we looked at 29 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health professions program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools
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 Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying health professions.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of St Francis has taken the #1 spot in this year's health professions ranking for non-traditional students. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet. University of Saint Francis did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in Illinois list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. 1,704 of University of Saint Francis students are exclusively distance learners. 1,980 students are part time.
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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in Illinois ranking.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. 5,712 of UIC students are attending part time.
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Northern Illinois University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NIU has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in Illinois ranking.
The student loan default rate at NIU is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,712 students at NIU that take at least one class online. 4,345 students are part time.
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Illinois State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal. Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in Illinois list.
About 1.7% of Illinois State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. About 2,500 of the students at Illinois State are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Dominican University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Dominican U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. Approximately 1,958 students take at least one class online at Dominican U. 810 of Dominican U students are attending part time.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.5%. Approximately 7,500 students take at least one class online at SIUE. There are roughly 3,603 part time students in attendance at SIUE.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lewis University. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lewis, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in Illinois ranking.
The student loan default rate at Lewis is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Lewis. There are roughly 2,022 part time students in attendance at Lewis.
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Our rankings recognize Benedictine University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.
About 1.1% of Benedictine U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,732 students at Benedictine U that take at least one class online. 1,223 of Benedictine U students are attending part time.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Governors State University. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public school with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.5%. There are approximately 1,840 students at GSU that take at least one class online. 1,954 students are part time.
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Olivet Nazarene University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Bourbonnais, Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. 949 students at Olivet Nazarene are exclusively online. 900 of Olivet Nazarene students are attending part time.
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