2027 Best Systems Engineering Schools in Illinois
Systems Engineering programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their systems engineering programs.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for systems engineering students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Systems Engineering in Illinois
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the systems engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Systems Engineering
Leading the list is University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign, our #1 school for systems engineering. Set in the city of Champaign, University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign is a very large public institution. University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign graduates 85% of students within six years. About 78 systems engineering degrees were awarded at University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign in the most recent year. Systems Engineering graduates of University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign earn a median of $81,785 early in their careers. Students borrow a median of $17,800 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
