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Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$19,073 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,852 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's 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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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 a Bachelor's in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

Illinois State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,968 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUC are $15,240 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the town of Macomb, WIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.

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Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,297 per year.

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DeVry University - Illinois came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DeVry University - Illinois are $15,032 per year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

UIUC also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering technologies programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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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 8 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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