2023 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Mechanics
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for engineering mechanics students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, engineering mechanics graduates from UIUC carry an average student debtload of $19,175.
UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois rankings.
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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 |
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Majors Related to Engineering Mechanics
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).
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