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2023 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$39,201 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Mechanics School for You

With 43 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering mechanics is the #210 most popular major in Illinois.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Engineering Mechanics 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 2 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering mechanics 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 Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering mechanics majors pursuing a .

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Mechanics

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year. After completing their degree, engineering mechanics graduates from UIUC carry an average student debtload of $19,175.

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

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

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering mechanics schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwestern are $60,768 a year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois rankings.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Northwestern University

Best Value Engineering Mechanics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1
Ohio 2
Wisconsin 48

One of 40 majors within the area of study, engineering mechanics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Engineering Mechanics

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 2 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 Siemens Pressebild.

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