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

  • 5 programs report first-year pay
  • 5 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Illinois health sciences bachelor's program pays its graduates $34,806 in their first year, $209 more than the national median. North Park University reports the highest first-year pay ($40,374), and Wheaton College the lowest median debt ($20,356).

Median first-year pay$34,806National $34,598
Median pay after 5 years$69,891National $56,837
Median federal debt$26,834National $26,674
Debt-to-earnings72%National 75%

All 5 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.

2 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Illinois health sciences 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 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. North Park University$40,374
  2. DePaul University$34,897
  3. UIUC$34,806
  4. Wheaton College$32,375
  5. UIC$29,735

Lowest median debt

  1. Wheaton College$20,356
  2. UIUC$21,339
  3. UIC$21,500
  4. DePaul University$27,000
  5. North Park University$30,666

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. UIUC61%
  2. Wheaton College63%
  3. UIC72%
  4. North Park University76%
  5. DePaul University77%

"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 sciences, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Health Education Specialists

$60,120

Median pay in Illinois. 1,010 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $41,480Top 10%: $105,660

Community Health Workers

$49,240

Median pay in Illinois. 2,040 people work in this job in Illinois. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 7,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $39,040Top 10%: $65,540

Common questions

North Park University in Chicago reports the highest median first-year pay, $40,374. Its median federal debt is $30,666.

Related pages

Health Sciences (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked146 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 sciences 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

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