by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois” ranking.
Engineering Technologies is the 20th most popular major in the country with 85,188 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,350 and had an average of $21,560 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 2,608 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,679 and $24,708 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 407 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering technologies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. EIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Charleston, Illinois. It awarded 79 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 45 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois list. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 118 masters’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois list. Illinois State is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Northern Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois ranking. NIU is a fairly large public school situated in Dekalb, Illinois. It awarded 19 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois ranking. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 62 masters’s engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
With a ranking of #8, Western Illinois University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in Illinois list. WIU is a public institution located in Macomb, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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