Best Health Technologist programs in Illinois, ranked by enrollment
All health technologists and technicians not listed.
20 schools in Illinois run programs that feed this job, graduating 380 people a year. The job pays a median of $49,930 in Illinois across about 4,620 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Illinois that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in Illinois that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Illinois (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Illinois page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.0907In Illinois → | 206 | 54.2% | 6 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 2 | CIP 51.0908In Illinois → | 158 | 41.6% | 14 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 3 | CIP 51.0903In Illinois → | 12 | 3.2% | 2 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 4 | CIP 51.0916In Illinois → | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
| 5 | CIP 51.0917In Illinois → | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | $53,520 | $20,250 |
Top 20 schools in Illinois
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 15 of the 20 schools in this state.
All 20 schools in Illinois
Every school in Illinois with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University - Carbondale | Carbondale | Public | 145 | 1 |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public | 40 | 2 |
| Rend Lake College | Ina | Public | 22 | 1 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville | Private not-for-profit | 21 | 2 |
| City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public | 19 | 1 |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public | 19 | 1 |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public | 17 | 2 |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public | 14 | 1 |
| Rush University | Chicago | Private not-for-profit | 13 | 1 |
| Rock Valley College | Rockford | Public | 12 | 1 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public | 10 | 2 |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Kankakee Community College | Kankakee | Public | 8 | 1 |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago | Private for-profit | 8 | 1 |
| Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Quincy | Private not-for-profit | 5 | 1 |
What health technologists and technicians, all other earn in Illinois
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $50,290. Illinois pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Illinois
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other page.
How to become a Health Technologist
Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0- Typical entry education
- Postsecondary nondegree award
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Illinois
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 14 majors mapped to Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other12 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.0812Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant
- 51.0814Radiologist Assistant
- 51.0903Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist
- 51.0907Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
- 51.0908Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
- 51.0914Gene/Genetic Therapy
- 51.0915Cardiopulmonary Technology/Technologist
- 51.0916Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician
- 51.0917Polysomnography
- 51.0921Hyperbaric Medicine Technology/Technician(no graduates reported)
- 51.0922Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Technology/Technician(no graduates reported)
- 51.0923Orthopedic Technology/Technician
- 51.0999Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other
- 51.1011Renal/Dialysis Technologist/Technician
Common questions
Answers for people weighing health technologists and technicians, all other programs in Illinois.
What degree do you need to become a Health Technologist?+
Postsecondary nondegree award is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist, which awarded 206 degrees in Illinois in 2024-25, 54.2% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Health Technologist?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Allied Health Diagnostic. Together they graduate about 380 people a year in Illinois.
How much do health technologists and technicians, all other earn in Illinois?+
The median is $49,930 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 0.7% below the U.S. median of $50,290. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for health technologists and technicians, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +5.2% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 13,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Illinois?+
20 institutions in Illinois reported graduates from at least one of the 5 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do health technologists and technicians, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Case Manager, Patient Advocate, Surgical Coordinator, Patient Service Representative, Medicaid Service Coordinator (MSC), Certified Neurodiagnostic Technologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-2099.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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