2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 4,500 people earned their degree in engineering technology, making the major the 203rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 155 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 132 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering technology programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree engineering technology students.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology in Illinois

1

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 82 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

#6 overall quality in Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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3

Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

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4

Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Full EIU Engineering Technology Report

5

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Engineering Technology Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Notes and References

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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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