2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in Illinois

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 1,155 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 425th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 18 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,260 and $12,812 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering technology. That schools that top this list have a program in civil engineering technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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The civil engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in Illinois

1

Lake Land College
Mattoon, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois list. Lake Land College is located in Mattoon, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 18 associates’s civil engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at Lake Land College

2

College of Lake County
Grayslake, Illinois

#22 overall quality in Illinois

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Civil Engineering Tech Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Lake County landed the #2 spot on the list. College of Lake County is a fairly large school located in Grayslake, Illinois that handed out 0 associates’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at College of Lake County

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sean Mack.