2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 2,311 degrees and certificates from an Illinois school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.
UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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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 Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per 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 engineering in Illinois.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.
Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 1,581 |
Ohio | 2,427 |
Wisconsin | 755 |
Michigan | 3,043 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
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).
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