2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 408 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, industrial engineering is the #78 most popular major in Illinois.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for IE students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Industrial Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year. On average, IE graduates from UIUC take out $18,275 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
UIUC also made our Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. SIUE is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SIUE are $11,496 per year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value industrial engineering schools in Illinois. 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. IE majors at UIC take out an average of $21,484 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, IE graduates from Northwestern take out $15,755 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
Northwestern also took the #2 spot in our Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.
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Bradley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bradley are $36,360 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bradley also is in the top 20% of our Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking.
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Request InformationBest Value Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Industrial Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 579 |
| Ohio | 256 |
| Indiana | 416 |
| Wisconsin | 252 |
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Industrial Engineering Related Majors for IE
Industrial Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 6 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.