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2023 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

1 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$78,310 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Engineering for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Engineering for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 427 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,796 and $27,000 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Engineering for a Master’s

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

Top 1 Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Engineering for a Master’s. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 14 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking.Of the 52,679 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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