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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$25,734 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Health is the #24 most popular major in Illinois with 1,675 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found Chamberlain University - Illinois to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Chamberlain - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Addison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Chamberlain - Illinois are $14,090 a year.

Full Public Health at Chamberlain University - Illinois Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Illinois at Springfield helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Illinois. UIS is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIS are $11,111 per year.

Full Public Health at University of Illinois at Springfield Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Illinois. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

Benedictine U graduate students pay an average of $19,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Benedictine University

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Loyola University Chicago

#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.

Full Public Health at University of Chicago Report

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 992
Ohio 985
Indiana 860
Wisconsin 297

One of 30 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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