by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Industrial Engineering is the 87th most popular major in the country with 9,072 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,960 and had an average of $24,268 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 408 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,591 and $22,341 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in industrial engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful industrial engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dekalb, Illinois, and it awarded 42 masters’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. UIC is a large public school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 33 masters’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 25 masters’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 22 masters’s IE degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s IE students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.
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With a ranking of #6, Bradley University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended IE Major in Illinois for a Master’s list. Bradley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Peoria, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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