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2023 Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$91,210 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.

The Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Of the 62 students majoring in engineering-related fields at UIUC, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 35% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 65% are male.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in engineering-related fields at the school are women while 69% are male.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Northwestern University Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering-related fields schools in Illinois. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

Of the 19 students majoring in engineering-related fields at NIU, 74% are male and 26% are female.

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Explore all the Most Popular 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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