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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$36,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,203 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

With 138 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, chemical engineering is the #74 most popular major in Illinois.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for chem eng 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.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois

Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.

UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 97
Ohio 146
Indiana 81
Wisconsin 23

One of 39 majors within the area of study, chemical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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