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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$27,730 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,029 degrees and certificates were awarded to electrical engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #35 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for EE 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUC are $16,162 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large 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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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.

Northwestern also made our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois Institute of Technology is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois Tech are $30,822 per year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,147
Ohio 1,153
Indiana 730
Wisconsin 465

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

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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