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Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$12,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

With 1,478 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering technologies is the #22 most popular major in Illinois.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering tech 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.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Engineering Technologies

Our analysis found Lewis and Clark Community College to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Godfrey, Lewis and Clark Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lewis and Clark Community College are $9,552 per year.

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#2

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Land College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the distant town of Mattoon, Lake Land College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lake Land College are $8,104 a year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Illinois landed the # 3 spot on the list. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

DeVry University - Illinois undergraduate students pay an average of $15,032 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DeVry University - Illinois did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Morrison Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in Illinois. Morrison Institute of Technology is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Morrison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morrison Institute of Technology are $17,400 a year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,230
Michigan 2,201
Ohio 2,673
Wisconsin 1,081

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

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
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

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