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2023 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$36,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,606 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Physics School for You

Engineering Physics is the #161 most popular major in Illinois with 94 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Physics Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering physics 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools in Illinois

Check out the engineering physics programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Physics

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for engineering physics students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $17,634 per year. Engineering Physics majors at UIUC take out an average of $20,397 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $559, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering physics in Illinois.

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

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for engineering physics students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

UIC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,603 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering physics schools in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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 Physics Schools in Illinois rankings.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at Northwestern University

$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Physics Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Illinois Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $50,375 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Engineering Physics at Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Value Engineering Physics Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 52
Ohio 160
Indiana 6
Wisconsin 30

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

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 4 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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