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Master’s Degree Programs in Illinois
Illinois, home to an estimated 12.9 million people, is known for the bustling city of Chicago and its rolling farmland downstate. With such a large population to serve, Illinois will continue to be in need of qualified, highly-educated health care professionals to serve as administrators on the financial side and practitioners to work with patients in the state’s many health care organizations. The most job opportunities will be in and around the Chicago area. According to JobBank USA, one of the area’s biggest health care employers is the Advocate Health Care system, which is comprised of 11 hospitals and 2 children’s hospitals in the Chicago, Bloomington and Peoria areas. Another large health care employer is Evanston Northwestern Health Care system, which employs more than 8,000 people. About 308,950 people were employed in careers as health care practitioners and technicians in Illinois as of May 2008, according to national labor statistics. The average yearly salary for people in these professions here was $65,950, higher than other Midwestern states.
The following schools offer Master’s degrees in health care.
School Name: Adler School of Professional Psychology
Address: 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2100, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Contact: (312) 201-5900
Website: www.adler.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: American Intercontinental University Online
Address: 5550 Prairie Stone Pky-Ste 400, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192
Contact: (877) 701-3800
Website: www.aiuonline.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private for-profit
Programs Offered: Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 139 to 1
School Name: Benedictine University
Address: 5700 College Rd, Lisle, Illinois 60532-0900
Contact: (630) 829-6000
Website: www.ben.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1
School Name: Bradley University
Address: 1501 W Bradley Ave, Peoria, Illinois 61625-0001
Contact: (309) 676-7611
Website: www.bradley.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13 to 1
School Name: Chicago State University
Address: 9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60628-1598
Contact: (773) 995-2000
Website: www.csu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1
School Name: Columbia College Chicago
Address: 600 South Michigan, Chicago, Illinois 60605-1996
Contact: (312) 663-1600
Website: www.colum.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
School Name: DePaul University
Address: 55 E Jackson, Chicago, Illinois 60604
Contact: (312) 362-8000
Website: www.depaul.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 17 to 1
School Name: Eastern Illinois University
Address: 600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, Illinois 61920
Contact: (217) 581-5000
Website: www.eiu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 15 to 1
School Name: Elmhurst College
Address: 190 Prospect Ave, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-3096
Contact: (630) 617-3500
Website: public.elmhurst.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1
School Name: Governors State University
Address:1 University Pky, University Park, Illinois 60466-0975
Contact: (708) 534-5000
Website: www.govst.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
School Name: Illinois College of Optometry
Address: 3241 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60616-3878
Contact: (312) 949-7400
Website: WWW.ICO.EDU
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: Illinois Institute of Technology
Address: 3300 S Federal St, Chicago, Illinois 60616
Contact: (312) 567-3000
Website: www.iit.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 12 to 1
School Name: Illinois State University
Address: North and School Streets, Normal, Illinois 61790-1000
Contact: (309) 438-2111
Website: www.ilstu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 20 to 1
School Name: Institute for Clinical Social Work
Address: 200 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 407, Chicago, Illinois 60601-5908
Contact: (312) 726-8480
Website: www.icsw.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: Lewis University
Address: One University Parkway, Romeoville, Illinois 60446-2200
Contact: (815) 838-0500
Website: www.lewisu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 21 to 1
School Name: Loyola University Chicago
Address: 820 N. Michigan, Chicago, Illinois 60611-9810
Contact: (312) 915-6000
Website: www.luc.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Less than one year certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree;First-professional certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 17 to 1
School Name: McKendree University
Address: 701 College Rd, Lebanon, Illinois 62254-1291
Contact: (618) 537-4481
Website: www.mckendree.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1
School Name: Midwest College of Oriental Medicine
Address: 4334 N Hazel, Suite 206, Chicago, Illinois 60613-1429
Contact: (800) 593-2320
Website: www.Acupuncture.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private for-profit
Programs Offered: Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 76 to 1
School Name: Midwestern University
Address: 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-5514
Contact: (630) 969-4400
Website: www.midwestern.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: Millikin University
Address: 1184 W Main St, Decatur, Illinois 62522-2084
Contact: (217) 424-6211
Website: www.millikin.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
School Name: National University of Health Sciences
Address: 200 E Roosevelt Rd, Lombard, Illinois 60148-4583
Contact: (630) 629-2000
Website: www.nuhs.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Less than one year certificate;Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1
School Name: National-Louis University
Address: 122 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Contact: (800) 443-5522
Website: www.nl.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1
School Name: North Park University
Address: 3225 W Foster Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60625-4895
Contact: (773) 244-6200
Website: www.northpark.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1
School Name: Northern Illinois University
Address: 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy., Dekalb, Illinois 60115-2825
Contact: (800) 892-3050
Website: www.niu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 17 to 1
School Name: NorthShore University HealthSystems School of Nurse Anesthesia
Address: 2650 Ridge Ave, Rm G603C, Evanston, Illinois 60201-1718
Contact: (847) 570-1959
Website: www.northshore.org/academics/anesthesia
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: Northwestern University
Address: 633 Clark St, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Contact: (312) 491-3741
Website: www.northwestern.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7 to 1
School Name: Olivet Nazarene University
Address: One University Avenue, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914-2271
Contact: (815) 939-5011
Website: www.olivet.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Less than one year certificate;Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14 to 1
School Name: Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
Address: 3646 N Broadway-2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Contact: (773) 477-4822
Website: www.PacificCollege.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private for-profit
Programs Offered: Less than one year certificate;One but less than two years certificate;Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 19 to 1
School Name: Roosevelt University
Address: 430 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60605-1394
Contact: (312) 341-3500
Website: www.roosevelt.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Less than one year certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13 to 1
School Name: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Address: 3333 Green Bay Rd, North Chicago, Illinois 60064
Contact: (847) 578-3000
Website: www.rosalindfranklin.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: N/A
School Name: Rush University
Address: 600 S. Paulina St. STE 440, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Contact: (312) 942-7100
Website: WWW.RUSHU.RUSH.EDU
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 3 to 1
School Name: Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing
Address: 511 NE Greenleaf St, Peoria, Illinois 61603-3783
Contact: (309) 655-2201
Website: www.sfmccon.edu/
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8 to 1
School Name: Saint Xavier University
Address: 3700 W 103rd St, Chicago, Illinois 60655
Contact: (773) 298-3000
Website: WWW.SXU.EDU
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: One but less than two years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 15 to 1
School Name: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Address: 36 S Wabash, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Contact: (312) 629-6100
Website: www.saic.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1
School Name: Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Address: Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4512
Contact: (618) 453-2121
Website: www.siuc.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Associate’s degree;Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 27 to 1br />
School Name: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Address: Il State Rte 157, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026-1001
Contact: (618) 650-2000
Website: www.siue.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;First-professional degree;First-professional certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 18 to 1
School Name: Trinity International University
Address: 2065 Half Day Rd, Deerfield, Illinois 60015-1283
Contact: (847) 945-8800
Website: www.tiu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 15 to 1
School Name: University of Chicago
Address: 5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60637
Contact: (773) 702-1234
Website: WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11 to 1
School Name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Address: 601 S Morgan, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Contact: (312) 996-7000
Website: www.uic.edu/index.html/
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree;First-professional certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 16 to 1
School Name: University of Illinois at Springfield
Address: One University Plaza, Springfield, Illinois 62703-5407
Contact: (217) 206-6600
Website: www.uis.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13 to 1
School Name: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Address: 601 E John Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820-5711
Contact: (217) 333-1000
Website: www.illinois.edu/
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Two but less than 4 years certificate;Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate;Doctor’s degree;First-professional degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 19 to 1
School Name: University of St Francis
Address: 500 N Wilcox St, Joliet, Illinois 60435-6188
Contact: (815) 740-3360
Website: www.stfrancis.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Master’s degree;Post-master’s certificate
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13 to 1
School Name: Western Illinois University
Address: 1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois 61455
Contact: (309) 295-1414
Website: www.wiu.edu
Type of School: 4-year, Public
Programs Offered: Bachelor’s degree;Postbaccalaureate certificate;Master’s degree;Doctor’s degree
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 16 to 1
