2022 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Construction Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Construction Engineering is the 459th most popular major in the country with 802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 28 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 construction engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the construction engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Engineering 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 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Construction Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Construction 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Daniel Christensen.

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