2024 Best Construction Engineering Schools in Illinois

A degree in construction engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #455 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of construction engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 27 degrees in construction engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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• Best Overall Construction Engineering Schools List

Construction Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

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 Construction Engineering Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Construction Engineering in Illinois

The schools below may not offer all types of construction engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Construction Engineering

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Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in construction engineering has to take a look at Illinois Institute of Technology. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in construction engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Illinois at Chicago is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in construction engineering. UIC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a degree 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
Ohio	939	105
Michigan	915	20
Indiana	737	37
Wisconsin	672	6

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Construction Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Construction Engineering area of study, Construction Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.