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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$31,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,012 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois

Check out the bio engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Biomedical Engineering

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year. While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at UIUC accumulate an average of around $15,638 in student debt.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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

$14,738 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

NIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year. While working on their degree, bio engineering majors at UIC accumulate an average of around $20,250 in student debt.

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$15,240 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biomedical engineering schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

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

Full Biomedical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year. On average, bio engineering graduates from Northwestern take out $14,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for bio engineering in Illinois.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois Tech are $50,375 a year. The average amount in student loans that bio engineering majors at Illinois Tech take out is $27,000.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biomedical engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Loyola Chicago also did well on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 425
Ohio 529
Indiana 282
Wisconsin 327

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to UC Davis College of Engineering.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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