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2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
2 Degrees Awarded
$30,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 71 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1 in overall quality

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 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 2 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois master’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, UIUC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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