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2023 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$42,249 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$140,321 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 129 degrees and certificates were awarded to other engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #80 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Best Value Other Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for other engineering 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 Other Engineering Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for other engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Engineering

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Chicago to be the best value school for other engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIC are $15,603 per year.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Other Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 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, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for other engineering in Illinois.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Illinois Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $50,375 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Other Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Value Other Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 132
Ohio 26
Indiana 55
Wisconsin 3

Other 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.

  • 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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