by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 6 engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in engineering science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in engineering science.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois engineering science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois list. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s engineering science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Principia College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois list. Principia College is a small school located in Elsah, Illinois that handed out 2 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Millikin University landed the #3 spot on the list. Millikin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Decatur, Illinois. It awarded 0 ’s engineering science degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Engineering Science at Millikin University
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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