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Mokena, Illinois has 5 accredited schools offering medical billing and coding programs, with tuition ranging from $39,200 to $47,313 per year for indexed programs. Mokena has a population of about 19,906. Median household income is $129,017 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 44.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, the top-earning medical billing and coding-related role is Health Information Technologist at a median $63,310 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer medical billing and coding programs near Mokena, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Mokena city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Mokena. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Illinois schools on the Illinois medical billing and coding page.
Mokena is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area (BLS area code 16980). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Illinois statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Records Specialist | $57,970 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $55,956 |
| Health Information Technologist | $63,310 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $61,110 |
| Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant | $47,680 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $46,023 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 19,906 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $129,017 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 44.5% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 103.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering medical billing and coding programs near Mokena. The closest is Governors State University in University Park, IL (10.2 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Prairie State College (12.5 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying medical billing and coding-related roles near Mokena are: Health Information Technologist ($63,310), Medical Records Specialist ($57,970), Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant ($47,680). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Illinois statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Tinley Park, IL is 4.5 miles from Mokena and has its own set of local medical billing and coding programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Mokena’s median household income of $129,017 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Mokena while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Illinois public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Mokena:
Data verified: August 25, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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