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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges
$64,436 Avg Salary
$21,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #87 most popular major in Illinois with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Materials Engineering 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 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools in Materials Engineering

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for materials engineering students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for materials engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Ohio 87
Indiana 54
Wisconsin 25

Materials 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 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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