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2022 Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$14,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Engineering Technology is the 196th most popular major in the country with 4,056 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 201 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in engineering technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. Northern Illinois University is a fairly large school located in Dekalb, Illinois that handed out 101 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

NIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Illinois University is $15,861 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at NIU

#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

EIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for EIU is $11,316 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Eastern Illinois University Engineering Technology Report

#3

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. Illinois State is a large public school situated in Normal, Illinois. It awarded 33 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Illinois State is $14,999 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Engineering Technology at Illinois State

#4

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 23 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $14,526 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Western Illinois University.

Full Western Illinois University Engineering Technology Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Engineering Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Carbondale, Illinois, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. It costs about $14,306 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Technology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SIUC.

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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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