2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Industrial Technology is the 192nd most popular major in the country with 4,673 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 329 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in industrial technology/technician. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial technology/technician programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial technology/technician 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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Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EIU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Technology at EIU

#2

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Industrial Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k list. Normal, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s industrial tech degrees to 54 students 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 Industrial Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State are $11,069, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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