2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

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 Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Engineering is the 174th most popular major in the country with 2,900 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $75,379 and had an average of $28,015 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 139 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $131,900 and $100,788 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Engineering in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Other Engineering Report

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s other engineering students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology Other Engineering Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$155,613 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 102 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern Other Engineering Report

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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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