2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology is the 258th most popular major in the country with 5,052 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 302 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 manufacturing engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in manufacturing engineering technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent manufacturing engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the manufacturing engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Carbondale, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$32,928 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a public institution located in Carbondale, Illinois. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

#2

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,996 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Manufacturing Tech Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. WIU is a medium-sized school located in Macomb, Illinois that handed out 12 masters’s manufacturing tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WIU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Manufacturing Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WIU are $11,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Manufacturing Engineering Technology at WIU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Manufacturing Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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