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Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$67,403 Avg Salary
$19,175 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering Mechanics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for engineering mechanics students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

On average, engineering mechanics graduates from UIUC take out $19,175 in student loans while working on their degree.

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

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Engineering Mechanics Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Northwestern University

Best Engineering Mechanics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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