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2023 Best Value Science Technologies Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$60,768 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$79,568 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Science Technologies / Technicians School for You

In 2020-2021, 34 degrees and certificates were awarded to science technologies / technicians students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #37 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Science Technologies Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Science Technologies / Technicians Colleges.

Best Science Technologies / Technicians School

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best value school in Illinois for science technologies / technicians students. Northwestern is a fairly 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Science Technologies Schools in Illinois list.

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Best Value Science Technologies / Technicians Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Science Technologies / Technicians Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 14
Michigan 127
Ohio 33
Wisconsin 44

Science Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Physical Science Technicians 2,909
Other Science Technologies/Technicians 2,451
Biology & Biotech Lab Technician 732
Nuclear & Radiological Technicians 299
General Science Technologies/Technicians 60

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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.

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