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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking.

Civil Engineering is the 928th most popular major in the country with 116 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois

#1

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 4 masters’s civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Illinois Tech

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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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