Which Illinois health and medical administration program has the lowest debt?

UIC reports the lowest median federal debt, $20,000, with first-year pay of $44,526.

How much do health and medical administration graduates earn in Illinois?

The median across 10 Illinois health and medical administration bachelor's programs is $45,365 in the first year after graduating and $66,676 five years after.

Health and Medical Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Illinois, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many health and medical administration bachelor's programs are in Illinois?

10 Illinois programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

10 programs report first-year pay
10 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Health and Medical Administrative Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Illinois health and medical administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $45,365 in their first year, $586 more than the national median. University of St Francis reports the highest first-year pay ($83,104), and UIC the lowest median debt ($20,000).

Median first-year pay$45,365National $44,779

Median pay after 5 years$66,676National $58,812

Median federal debt$28,149National $30,000

Debt-to-earnings52%National 67%

All 10 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	University of St FrancisJoliet · private nonprofit	$83,104	$89,742	$28,135	34%
2	Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest · private nonprofit	$65,314	$72,304	$28,162	43%
3	Loyola ChicagoChicago · private nonprofit	$57,876	$79,385	$23,000	40%
4	Illinois StateNormal · public	$48,886	$67,193	$21,500	44%
5	National Louis UniversityChicago · private nonprofit	$46,203	$70,586	$36,305	79%
6	UICChicago · public	$44,526	$66,158	$20,000	45%
7	Governors StateUniversity Park · public	$44,498	$63,258	$30,291	68%
8	DeVry UniversityLisle · private for-profit	$43,316	$55,014	$54,705	126%
9	Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale · public	$42,186	$51,063	$25,000	59%
10	Western Illinois UniversityMacomb · public	$40,261	$47,471	$39,688	99%

Debt and first-year pay at every Illinois health and medical administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Illinois medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 10 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

UIC$20,000
Illinois State$21,500
Loyola Chicago$23,000
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale$25,000
University of St Francis$28,135

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to health and medical administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$69,010

Median pay in Illinois. 42,400 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $46,780Top 10%: $103,770

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$46,670

Median pay in Illinois. 27,560 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 89,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $37,440Top 10%: $58,320

Medical Assistants

$46,090

Median pay in Illinois. 20,260 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 109,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.

Bottom 10%: $36,400Top 10%: $56,590

Computer User Support Specialists

$59,860

Median pay in Illinois. 26,060 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.

Bottom 10%: $40,440Top 10%: $96,040

Common questions

University of St Francis in Joliet reports the highest median first-year pay, $83,104. Its median federal debt is $28,135.

Health and Medical Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked215 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Illinois rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the health and medical administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024