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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois

9 Colleges
$74,093 Avg Salary
$24,079 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #25 most popular major in Illinois with 500 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges.

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

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great place for electrical engineering students. 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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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 9 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in Illinois. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

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Northern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

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#8

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Bradley University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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DeVry University - Illinois came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 288
Ohio 434
Indiana 292
Wisconsin 141

Electrical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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