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2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,151 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,210 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 172 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering-related fields students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #125 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering-related fields students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the engineering-related fields master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Our analysis found Northern Illinois University to be the best value school for engineering-related fields students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb.

NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering-Related Fields at Northern Illinois University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their master’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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great value for engineering-related fields students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois Tech are $30,822 a year.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small 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-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

Full Engineering-Related Fields at Northwestern University Report

Explore all the Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 431
Ohio 379
Indiana 286
Wisconsin 62

Engineering-Related Fields is one of 18 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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