2021 Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
7Colleges
458Bachelor's Degrees
$27,057Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 458 bachelor's degrees were awarded to electrical engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 16,470 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.8% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in ee. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has taken the #1 spot in this year's electrical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign. UIUC also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois rankings.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.
Illinois Institute of Technology earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. Illinois Tech also made our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 1,752 students take at least one class online at Illinois Tech. 1,354 of Illinois Tech students are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population. UIC also made our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. Approximately 2,640 students take at least one class online at SIUC. 2,629 of SIUC students are attending part time.
Northern Illinois University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population. NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois list.
About 2.1% of NIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. There are roughly 4,345 part time students in attendance at NIU.
Bradley University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Peoria. Bradley also made our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at Bradley is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,063 students take at least one class online at Bradley. 1,013 of Bradley students are attending part time.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population. SIUE also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois rankings.
About 2.5% of SIUE students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,500 students at SIUE that take at least one class online. About 3,603 of the students at SIUE are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to EE
Electrical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 schools only.
References
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).
In <nil>, 458 bachelor's degrees were awarded to electrical engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 16,470 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.8% were from a college or university in the state.
