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2024 Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,768 people earned their degree in engineering technology (other), making the major the 210th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, engineering technology (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $57,018 and had an average of $21,991 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 119 engineering technology (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology (other) programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering technology (other) program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Engineering Technology (Other) in Illinois

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Tech Schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 44 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Technology (Other) Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Northwestern University is $23,279 for Illinois Other Engineering Tech students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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