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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$87,583 Avg Salary

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

General Engineering is the #149 most popular major in Illinois with 30 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value General Engineering 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. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

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

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for general engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly 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 General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIC are $17,277 a year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 38
Ohio 78
Indiana 145
Wisconsin 194

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

Majors Similar to Engineering

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 2 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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