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

1 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$37,100 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Illinois for a Master's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mechanical Engineering Technology is the 132nd most popular major in the country with 6,013 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,639 and had an average of $22,526 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 164 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,372 and $16,763 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 mechanical engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.

To top this list, a school must have a successful mechanical engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree me tech students.

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended ME Tech Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s ME tech students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

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