There are 8 LCME-accredited medical schools in Illinois as of 2024. By school type, 3 medical schools are public and 5 are private. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ranked first among Illinois medical schools with #7 in overall medical school ranking.
The below list summarizes the 2024 important medical schools statistics for Illinois medical schools.
  • The average MCAT Score of Illinois medical schools is 513.
  • The average GPA is 3.81.
  • The average acceptance rate is 2.55%.
  • In public Illinois medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $46,748 for state residents and $61,327 for out-of-state students.
  • In private Illinois medical schools, the average tuition & fees is $67,813.
  • Total 5,239 students have attended Illinois medical schools in 2024 and each school had 655 medical school students in average.
  • A total of 1,189 students have newly enrolled (first-time students) 2024 and , in average, a medical school had 149 first-time students last year.

List of Illinois Medical Schools and Comparison

The following table lists 8 Illinois medical schools with important statistics including tuition and MCAT scores. You can compare them with the information and sort the table by each column that you want. The ranking is for all LCME-accredited medical school. It is computed based on a number of factors including the admission scores, number of faculties, bar pass rate, acceptance rate, and employment statistics.
Illinois Medical Schools Comparison Table
SchoolRankingFoundedTuitionMCATGPAAcceptance RatePopulation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicinePrivateChicago, IL71859$74,1975203.931.72%711
University of Chicago Pritzker School of MedicinePrivateChicago, IL111927$64,3375213.941.42%433
Rush Medical College at Rush UniversityPrivateChicago, IL721837$57,7785113.71.10%605
University of Illinois College of MedicinePublicChicago, IL771882$88,4455123.773.09%1,334
Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and SciencePrivateNorth Chicago, IL1021912$71,7575093.761.83%848
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicinePrivateMaywood, IL1211915$70,9985123.71.41%737
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Carle Illinois College of MedicinePublicUrbana, IL-2015$52,7905153.832.55%243
Southern Illinois University School of MedicinePublicSpringfield, IL-1970$42,7465073.867.30%328