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2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$24,048 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,591 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

Industrial Engineering is the #67 most popular major in Illinois with 153 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for IE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Industrial Engineering

$11,496 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in Illinois for industrial engineering students. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.

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$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in Illinois. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.

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$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for IE in Illinois.

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

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best industrial engineering schools in Illinois. UIC is a fairly 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.

Full Industrial Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for industrial engineering students. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwestern are $60,768 a year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 281
Ohio 42
Indiana 105
Wisconsin 45

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

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 5 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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