2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 203 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #115 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL

109 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Illinois

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

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

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Materials Engineering majors at UIUC take out an average of $21,000 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $453.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

82 Degrees

#1 in Quality in Illinois

$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for materials engineering students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Materials Engineering at Northwestern University

#3

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, IL

12 Degrees

#21 in Quality in Illinois

$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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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

Full Materials Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Panoramedia.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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