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2023 Most Popular 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering-Related Fields program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering-related fields programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for engineering-related fields students. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the 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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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools in Illinois list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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Explore all the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Schools 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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