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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$22,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for EE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Electrical Engineering

Our analysis found Southern Illinois University Edwardsville to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.

SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

Full Electrical Engineering at Northern Illinois University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#4

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bradley University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bradley are $17,400 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

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

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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #7, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a very 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 also made our Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University

Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Illinois Tech is a medium-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 Schools 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 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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