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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$35,879 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,668 Avg Salary

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the engineering-related fields programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northern Illinois University to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. NIU is a large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NIU are $14,738 per year.

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$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering-related fields in Illinois.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering-related fields schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois Tech are $50,375 a year.

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern also made our Best Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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Explore all the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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.

  • 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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