No UIC isn't your only option. There are several hybrid programs (online and campus) that offer MSN or Post-graduate certificate programs in Midwifery. I attend Shenandoah University in Virginia. It's mostly online with a week long on-campus intensive each semester. I am in the PGC program. Not sure if they offer the full program. By the way I am from Illinois too. The only thing is you will have to most likely find your own preceptor. UIC places their students so it depends on what's more important to you.