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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

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7 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,900 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 245th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 139 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Wheaton College Illinois

Wheaton, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheaton College Illinois landed the #1 spot on the list. Wheaton College Illinois is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheaton, Illinois. It awarded 7 bachelors’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Wheaton College Illinois did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Wheaton College Illinois is $19,691 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Other Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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