2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville the best value school in Illinois for engineering students working on their master’s degree. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Bradley graduate students pay an average of $17,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale.
SIUC graduate students pay an average of $16,162 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.
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Northwestern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.
Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.
Read full report on Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology
Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 1,581 |
| Ohio | 2,427 |
| Wisconsin | 755 |
| Michigan | 3,043 |
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Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| 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 7 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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