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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

7 Ranked Colleges
419 Degrees Awarded
$28,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value EE Schools for a Master's in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 1,079 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 419 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 electrical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Illinois

#2 in overall quality

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 EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 186 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIUC Electrical Engineering Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #2 spot on the list. SIUE is a public institution located in Edwardsville, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SIUE are $9,300.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at SIUE

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s EE degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree ee students list, UIC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at UIC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is located in Carbondale, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s EE degrees to qualified students.

SIUC also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at SIUC

#5

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large school located in Dekalb, Illinois that handed out 14 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Illinois University are $11,086, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Northern Illinois University Electrical Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Illinois Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 72 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Northwestern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois ranking. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 masters’s EE degrees to qualified students.

Northwestern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University

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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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