2024 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

7 Colleges in Illinois

498 Bachelor's Degrees

Engineering Technologiesbachelor's programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major degree program ranks #24 out of the 38 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 498 bachelor's degrees in engineering technologies to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Engineering Technologies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois Your choice of engineering technologies for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering technologies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other engineering technologies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt engineering technologies students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering technologies related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Engineering Technologies in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in engineering technologies.