2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 444 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Carbondale, Illinois, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

SIUC also made our “Best General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. 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 full report on General Engineering at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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