Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has thirteen medical science schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with a medical science program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University). To learn more about medical science programs in Chicago, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of medical science professors at Loyola University Chicago such as Matt Bartucci, Albert Claus, Jo Beth D'Agostino, Rick Dimaio, J. Marshall Eames, and Anthony Gramza.
Medical Science students from Chicago schools who go on to become medical scientists, physicians, doctors, nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 101,760 people working as medical scientists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $84,760. Also, Life scientists make on average $72,590 per year and there are about 12,320 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 230 employed life scientists earning an average salary of $68,780. Medical scientists in this area earn $72,190/yr and there are 540 employed.
Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 0 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by medical scientists, and 0/1000 are held by life scientists.
Of the 13 medical science schools in Chicago, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola University Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($27,955/yr) for medical science students, with University of Illinois at Chicago as the lowest, reported at only $8,828/yr.
Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Chicago |
Berwyn | IL | 49,477 | 1 | 23.6937 | 4 | 5.7 miles |
Oak Park | IL | 49,270 | 1 | 1.32863 | 0 | 6.6 miles |
River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 8.0 miles |
River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 10.0 miles |
Blue Island | IL | - | 2 | 31.6013 | 8 | 12.6 miles |
Palos Heights | IL | - | 1 | 26.9291 | 61 | 13.3 miles |
Skokie | IL | 66,692 | 6 | 22.9614 | 40 | 14.2 miles |
Evanston | IL | 78,672 | 5 | 24.133 | 202 | 14.5 miles |
Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 16.3 miles |
Oak Forest | IL | - | 1 | 38.4537 | 3 | 16.7 miles |
South Holland | IL | - | 1 | 10.1002 | 61 | 17.0 miles |
Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 17.1 miles |
Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 17.1 miles |
Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 17.3 miles |
Calumet City | IL | - | 1 | 19.3758 | 27 | 17.4 miles |
Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 17.7 miles |
Glenview | IL | 46,461 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.1 miles |
Hammond | IN | 75,871 | 5 | 27.9021 | 191 | 18.1 miles |
Orland Park | IL | 55,957 | 1 | 26.0399 | 11 | 18.2 miles |
Tinley Park | IL | 60,149 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.7 miles |
Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 20.1 miles |
Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 20.2 miles |
Lisle | IL | - | 2 | 24.7595 | 107 | 20.5 miles |
Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 20.8 miles |
Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 21.3 miles |
Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 22.8 miles |
Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 23.2 miles |
Chicago Heights | IL | - | 1 | 9.7858 | 55 | 23.2 miles |
Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.8 miles |
Gary | IN | 94,891 | 2 | 28.0598 | 98 | 24.2 miles |