2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 13,610 people earned their degree in chemical engineering, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,963 and had an average of $22,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 446 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,050 and $21,302 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 81 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 10 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

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#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

UIC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at UIC

#3

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Tech Chemical Engineering Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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