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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,670 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$83,157 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Master's Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is the #18 most popular major in Illinois with 498 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois State are $9,773 a year.

Illinois State also made our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Northern Illinois University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Illinois University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their master’s degree. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WIU are $12,182 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

SIUC graduate students pay an average of $16,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Illinois. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

EIU graduate students pay an average of $10,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering technologies programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC also made our Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

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Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering tech in Illinois.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 346
Ohio 317
Wisconsin 8
Michigan 328

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering-Related Fields 4,838
Quality Control Technology 736
Industrial Production Technology 440
Engineering Technology (Other) 288
Construction Engineering Technology 264
General Engineering Technology 255
Computer Engineering Technology 179
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 145
Mechanical Engineering Technology 104
Nanotechnology 98
Energy Systems Technologies 95
Environmental Control Technology 89
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 43
Architectural Engineering Technology 39
Electronics Engineering Technology 39
Engineering-Related Technologies 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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