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2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$85,668 Avg Salary
$35,501 Avg Student Debt

Engineering-Related Fields is the #65 most popular major in Illinois with 154 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The colleges and universities below are the best for engineering-related fields majors pursuing a .

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for engineering-related fields students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

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The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 237
Ohio 255
Indiana 206

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 16 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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