68 Best Medical schools in Illinois

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Medicine. A graph of 17.9M citations received by 526K academic papers made by 68 universities in Illinois was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Northwestern University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

2. University of Chicago

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

3. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

4. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

5. Loyola University Chicago

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$37,511

6. Illinois College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1043
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$16,296

8. Rush University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
2,870
Male:Female
22:78
Founded
1972

9. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
1,940
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1912

10. Northern Illinois University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
71%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$12,552
Enrollment
15,649

11. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1020
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
99%

12. Illinois State University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1105
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
98%

13. Illinois Institute of Technology

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$28,702

14. DePaul University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$32,151

15. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
98%
Average SAT
1045
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
98%

16. Eastern Illinois University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1010
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$11,773

17. Western Illinois University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
75%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$15,632
Enrollment
7,643

18. Bradley University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$24,053

19. Illinois Wesleyan University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,096

20. Roosevelt University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
960
Average ACT
21
Net Price
$22,117

21. University of Illinois at Springfield

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1104
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
98%

22. Chicago State University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$15,891
Enrollment
2,317

23. Wheaton College - Illinois

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$29,961

24. National University of Health Sciences

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
498
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1906

25. Northeastern Illinois University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$15,143
Enrollment
5,756

26. North Central College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1130
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$25,285

27. Greenville University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1009
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$20,718

28. Rockford University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
963
Average ACT
16
Net Price
$25,047

29. Illinois College of Optometry

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
481
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1872

30. Governors State University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
945
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$11,987

31. John Marshall Law School

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
52%
Founded
1899

32. Saint Anthony College of Nursing

For Medicine

Net Price
$20,319
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$12,832
Enrollment
242

33. Lake Forest College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1247
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$27,839

34. Elmhurst College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$24,108

35. Blackburn College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$21,575
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$14,112

36. Saint Xavier University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
84%
Net Price
$11,302
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,886

37. University of St Francis

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$18,560

38. Millikin University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1065
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$10,492

39. Erikson Institute

For Medicine

Enrollment
331
Male:Female
2:98

40. Knox College

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$26,882

41. National Louis University

For Medicine

#1036 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Net Price
$14,769
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,641

42. Benedictine University

For Medicine

#1088 in North America
Acceptance Rate
93%
Net Price
$25,658
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$20,083

43. Aurora University

For Medicine

#1099 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1089
Average ACT
22
Net Price
$19,350

44. Augustana College

For Medicine

#1103 in North America
Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1130
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$24,660

45. Dominican University

For Medicine

#1107 in North America
Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1015
Average ACT
19
Net Price
$18,162

46. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

For Medicine

#1135 in North America
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
40
Male:Female
77:23

48. Kendall College

For Medicine

#1160 in North America
Acceptance Rate
90%
Net Price
$30,324
Receiving Aid
69%
Average Aid
$7,984

49. Adler University

For Medicine

#1161 in North America
Enrollment
1,841
Male:Female
18:82
Founded
1952

50. Saint Augustine College

For Medicine

#1169 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$10,288
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$10,468

51. Monmouth College

For Medicine

#1230 in North America
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$20,237

52. Lewis University

For Medicine

#1239 in North America
Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1105
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$19,184

53. DeVry University - Illinois

For Medicine

#1269 in North America
Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1075
Average ACT
41
Net Price
$30,112

54. Concordia University - Chicago

For Medicine

#1280 in North America
Acceptance Rate
93%
Net Price
$18,832
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,141

55. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

For Medicine

#1285 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Net Price
$53,923
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$18,290

56. North Park University

For Medicine

#1301 in North America
Acceptance Rate
68%
Average ACT
21
Net Price
$19,029
Receiving Aid
100%

57. Olivet Nazarene University

For Medicine

#1304 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Net Price
$20,059
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,708

58. Columbia College Chicago

For Medicine

#1356 in North America
Acceptance Rate
95%
Net Price
$28,387
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$18,020

59. Eureka College

For Medicine

#1387 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$19,443
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$19,367

60. McKendree University

For Medicine

#1408 in North America
Acceptance Rate
68%
Net Price
$22,431
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$24,145

61. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

For Medicine

#1447 in North America
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
280
Male:Female
46:54

63. Judson University

For Medicine

#1518 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1025
Average ACT
21
Net Price
$19,268

64. Trinity Christian College

For Medicine

#1523 in North America
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1010
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$18,822

66. Quincy University

For Medicine

#1573 in North America
Acceptance Rate
62%
Net Price
$11,985
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$31,052

67. McCormick Theological Seminary

For Medicine

#1610 in North America
Enrollment
162
Male:Female
59:41

68. Catholic Theological Union at Chicago

For Medicine

#1614 in North America
Enrollment
213
Male:Female
62:38
Founded
1968

Closest to Illinois states to learn Medicine

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Indiana 31 39
Missouri 37 18
Iowa 30 36
Kentucky 26 55
Wisconsin 33 21
Tennessee 34 42
Ohio 61 29
Michigan 36 4
Arkansas 17 89
West Virginia 21 112
Minnesota 29 11
Mississippi 14 120
Kansas 14 106
Alabama 26 30
Virginia 42 48
Georgia 43 19
North Carolina 43 16
Oklahoma 19 110
Nebraska 14 86
South Carolina 27 62
Pennsylvania 101 7
South Dakota 8 232
District of Columbia 9 64
Louisiana 25 78
Maryland 27 2
Delaware 3 130
New York 133 10
New Jersey 27 49
North Dakota 8 201
Connecticut 20 8
Texas 75 14
Vermont 12 95
Colorado 20 37
Massachusetts 68 1
Rhode Island 9 54
Florida 59 27
New Hampshire 12 102
New Mexico 8 82
Maine 13 242
Montana 9 181
Utah 11 35
Arizona 11 46
Idaho 7 205
Nevada 8 158
Oregon 18 45
Washington 31 6
California 129 3
Puerto Rico 16 311
Alaska 4 278
Hawaii 7 126