Medical Billing and Coding Programs in Illinois

Medical Billing and Coding Programs in Illinois: the figures

Programs we list

43 in Illinois: 34 at colleges and schools, 9 training providers known only from the WIOA list.

Colleges and schools

28 public and 6 private; 5,001 billing and coding completions in 2023-24 at the 31 that reported any (IPEDS).

Median pay

$56,440 a year for medical records specialists in Illinois, against $51,140 for the U.S. (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

WIOA training funds

WIOA in Illinois: 3,233 programs from 330 providers on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 79 of them billing and coding.

WIOA results

79 billing and coding programs on Illinois's list; middle values: 75% were employed in the second quarter after exit (13); $8,243 median earnings in that quarter (13) (U.S. DOL file, which notes a data quality issue with this state's outcomes).

Metro areas

2 Illinois metro areas have a page; the largest list, Chicago, has 24 programs.

By metro area

• Chicago area24 programs · median pay $57,970
• Rockford area3 programs · median pay $49,770

Every billing and coding program in Illinois

• College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
• WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
• Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Illinois, read October 8, 2026.

The same in every state: ways to pay for billing and coding training