2024 Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in construction engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #320 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for construction engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27 master's degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on construction engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other construction engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Construction Engineering Schools

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Construction Engineering in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Construction Engineering

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in construction engineering needs to look into Illinois Institute of Technology. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in construction engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in construction engineering has to take a look at University of Illinois at Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in construction engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago

Best Construction Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Construction Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	476	20

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Rankings in Majors Related to Construction Engineering

Construction Engineering is one of 0 different types of Construction Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen. More about our data sources and methodologies.