2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 369 degrees and certificates were awarded to biomedical engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #82 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for bio engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering
Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #4.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Illinois Tech graduate students pay an average of $30,822 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.
Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 425 |
| Ohio | 529 |
| Indiana | 282 |
| Wisconsin | 327 |
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Biomedical Engineering Related Majors for Bio Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Bio Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
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 UC Davis College of Engineering.
More about our data sources and methodologies.