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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$30,622 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$103,564 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

With 346 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #38 most popular major in Illinois.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME 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. 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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for ME majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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

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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’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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#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 592
Ohio 395
Indiana 282
Wisconsin 96

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
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 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 Michel Villeneuve.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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