Illinois
Each year, Ross University School of Medicine welcomes students from states across the US, including Illinois, to medical school. Take a look at the facts and figures below to learn about how Ross connects with your home state.
ILLINOIS BY THE NUMBERS
- 4.54% of RUSM students currently enrolled are from Illinois.
- According to the 2019 AAMC State Physician Workforce Data Report, 30.7% of Illinois’s active physicians graduated from an international medical school, ranking it 4th in the US.
Med school residency illinois
As of 4/16/2020, 585 Current and former Ross graduates attained residencies in 24 disciplines. That same year, more than 30 Ross students earned residency positions at Illinois hospitals/teaching facilities, including:
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Rush University Medical Center
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago
- Carle Foundation Hospital
WHERE DO OUR ILLINOIS STUDENTS COME FROM?
From which schools did most of our Illinois-area students graduate? See the top five below.
- University of Illinois at Chicago (17.89%)
- Loyola University (12.20%)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (10.57%)
- Benedictine University (9.76%)
- Roosevelt University (2.44%)
Alumni
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