2025 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in engineering-related fields, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #46 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 213 master's degrees in engineering-related fields during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to engineering-related fields students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other engineering-related fields students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for engineering-related fields to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering-related fields related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering-related fields students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Engineering-Related Fields Schools

The engineering-related fields 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 the Best Engineering-Related Fields Master's Degree Schools in Illinois.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Engineering-Related Fields in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in engineering-related fields.

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Engineering-Related Fields

1

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

34 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in engineering-related fields from Illinois Institute of Technology

2

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL

18 Annual Graduates

$81,686 Median Starting Salary

Northern Illinois University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in engineering-related fields. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering-related fields program state that they receive average early career income of $81,686.

More information about a master’s in engineering-related fields from Northern Illinois University

Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Engineering-Related Fields Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	211	234
Ohio	207	179
Indiana	191	167

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Rankings in Majors Related to Engineering-Related Fields

One of 18 majors within the Engineering Technologies area of study, Engineering-Related Fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering-Related Fields Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering	213

Majors Similar to Engineering-Related Fields

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology	429
Engineering Technology (Other)	86
Mechanical Engineering Technology	16
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	15
Quality Control Technology	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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.