51 Best colleges for Pathology in Illinois

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Illinois ranked based on their research performance in Pathology. A graph of 7.95M citations received by 216K academic papers made by 51 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

Evanston

For Pathology

#22 in the United States

#23 in North America

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

2. University of Chicago

Chicago

For Pathology

#29 in the United States

#32 in North America

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

3. University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago

For Pathology

#43 in the United States

#49 in North America

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

4. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Champaign

For Pathology

#57 in the United States

#66 in North America

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

5. Loyola University Chicago

Chicago

For Pathology

#131 in the United States

#147 in North America

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

6. Illinois College

Jacksonville

For Pathology

#148 in the United States

#167 in North America

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

7. Rush University

Chicago

For Pathology

#167 in the United States

#188 in North America

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

8. NorthShore University HealthSystem School of Nurse Anesthesia

Evanston

For Pathology

#173 in the United States

#195 in North America

Enrollment: 75
Male:Female: 30:70

9. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

North Chicago

For Pathology

#186 in the United States

#209 in North America

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

10. Northern Illinois University

DeKalb

For Pathology

#238 in the United States

#263 in North America

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

11. Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Carbondale

For Pathology

#249 in the United States

#274 in North America

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

12. Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago

For Pathology

#258 in the United States

#288 in North America

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

13. DePaul University

Chicago

For Pathology

#278 in the United States

#311 in North America

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

14. Illinois State University

Normal

For Pathology

#282 in the United States

#315 in North America

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

15. Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Edwardsville

For Pathology

#341 in the United States

#377 in North America

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

16. National University of Health Sciences

Lombard

For Pathology

#396 in the United States

#437 in North America

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

17. Roosevelt University

Chicago

For Pathology

#482 in the United States

#530 in North America

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

18. Bradley University

Peoria

For Pathology

#489 in the United States

#537 in North America

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

19. Eastern Illinois University

Charleston

For Pathology

#490 in the United States

#538 in North America

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

20. Western Illinois University

Macomb

For Pathology

#495 in the United States

#543 in North America

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

21. Wheaton College - Illinois

Wheaton

For Pathology

#528 in the United States

#576 in North America

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

22. University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield

For Pathology

#531 in the United States

#579 in North America

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

23. Illinois Wesleyan University

Bloomington

For Pathology

#541 in the United States

#589 in North America

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

24. Chicago State University

Chicago

For Pathology

#573 in the United States

#623 in North America

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

25. Rockford University

Rockford

For Pathology

#584 in the United States

#635 in North America

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

26. Lake Forest College

Lake Forest

For Pathology

#647 in the United States

#701 in North America

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

27. Blackburn College

Carlinville

For Pathology

#675 in the United States

#729 in North America

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

28. Greenville University

Greenville

For Pathology

#679 in the United States

#734 in North America

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

29. Saint Anthony College of Nursing

Rockford

For Pathology

#687 in the United States

#742 in North America

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

30. North Central College

Naperville

For Pathology

#694 in the United States

#749 in North America

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

31. Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago

For Pathology

#747 in the United States

#807 in North America

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

32. Governors State University

University Park

For Pathology

#752 in the United States

#812 in North America

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

33. Illinois College of Optometry

Chicago

For Pathology

#764 in the United States

#824 in North America

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

34. University of St Francis

Joliet

For Pathology

#797 in the United States

#859 in North America

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

35. Elmhurst College

Elmhurst

For Pathology

#873 in the United States

#940 in North America

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

36. Benedictine University

Lisle

For Pathology

#902 in the United States

#969 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $25,658
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $20,083

37. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Chicago

For Pathology

#932 in the United States

#1000 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 40
Male:Female: 77:23

38. Erikson Institute

Chicago

For Pathology

#934 in the United States

#1002 in North America

Enrollment: 331
Male:Female: 2:98

39. Millikin University

Decatur

For Pathology

#972 in the United States

#1041 in North America

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

40. National Louis University

Chicago

For Pathology

#1012 in the United States

#1081 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Net Price: $14,769
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,641

41. Saint Xavier University

Chicago

For Pathology

#1013 in the United States

#1082 in North America

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

42. Aurora University

Aurora

For Pathology

#1029 in the United States

#1098 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1089
Average ACT: 22
Net Price: $19,350

43. Augustana College

Rock Island

For Pathology

#1038 in the United States

#1107 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1130
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,660

44. Knox College

Galesburg

For Pathology

#1041 in the United States

#1110 in North America

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

45. Concordia University - Chicago

River Forest

For Pathology

#1050 in the United States

#1119 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Net Price: $18,832
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $25,141

46. Adler University

Chicago

For Pathology

#1051 in the United States

#1120 in North America

Enrollment: 1,841
Male:Female: 18:82
Founded: 1952

47. Dominican University

River Forest

For Pathology

#1059 in the United States

#1129 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1015
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $18,162

48. Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation, Inc.

Chicago

For Pathology

#1070 in the United States

#1140 in North America

Enrollment: 62
Male:Female: 51:49

49. Saint Augustine College

Chicago

For Pathology

#1142 in the United States

#1214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $10,288
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $10,468

50. Lewis University

Romeoville

For Pathology

#1145 in the United States

#1217 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1105
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,184

51. Columbia College Chicago

Chicago

For Pathology

#1179 in the United States

#1253 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 95%
Net Price: $28,387
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $18,020

Closest to Illinois states to learn Pathology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Indiana	26	34
Missouri	28	17
Iowa	16	38
Kentucky	20	55
Wisconsin	23	26
Tennessee	27	44
Ohio	45	31
Michigan	28	6
Arkansas	14	75
West Virginia	13	106
Minnesota	26	8
Mississippi	10	115
Kansas	9	112
Alabama	21	30
Virginia	30	47
Georgia	33	19
North Carolina	34	16
Oklahoma	11	100
Nebraska	9	79
South Carolina	20	60
Pennsylvania	82	5
South Dakota	6	214
District of Columbia	8	65
Louisiana	18	71
Maryland	26	2
New York	109	10
New Jersey	20	50
North Dakota	5	181
Connecticut	19	9
Texas	62	14
Vermont	6	86
Colorado	17	36
Massachusetts	56	1
Rhode Island	8	54
Florida	42	28
New Hampshire	8	109
New Mexico	6	84
Maine	9	239
Montana	4	191
Utah	8	39
Arizona	8	49
Idaho	5	221
Nevada	4	152
Oregon	18	41
Washington	22	4
California	106	3
Puerto Rico	14	272
Alaska	3	284
Hawaii	6	118