General Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #79 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 427 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 General Engineering Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. UIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 14 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.
Olivet Nazarene University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bourbonnais. This university ranks 33rd out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 48 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Olivet Nazarene in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, engineering degree recipients typically earn about $61,282 at the beginning of their careers.
It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 9 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year. Those general engineering students who get their degree from University of Illinois at Chicago earn $8,514 more than the standard engineering student.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Carbondale. This university ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 7 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
