2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,183 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Mechanical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for ME students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering
Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Illinois. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.
UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for mechanical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.
Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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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 Mechanical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Illinois Tech are $30,822 a year.
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Explore all the Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 2,498 |
| Ohio | 2,106 |
| Indiana | 1,336 |
| Wisconsin | 855 |
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Majors Related to ME
Mechanical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to ME
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 12,811 |
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 Michel Villeneuve.
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