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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois

5 Colleges
$67,203 Avg Salary
$21,409 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #72 most popular major in Illinois with 442 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemical Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the most popular school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at UIUC take out is $21,470. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $547.

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Out of the 5 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 large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Chem Eng majors at UIC take out an average of $24,041 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

While working on their degree, chem eng majors at Illinois Tech accumulate an average of around $23,625 in student debt.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

The average amount in student loans that chem eng majors at Northwestern take out is $16,500.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 523
Ohio 764
Indiana 381
Wisconsin 147

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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