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2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
286 Degrees Awarded
$29,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 20,913 people earned their degree in general civil engineering, making the major the 36th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 748 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 286 general civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general civil engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general civil engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general civil engineering 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 “Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree general civil engineering students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Civil Engineering in Illinois (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 151 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign General Civil Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general civil engineering degrees to 48 students in 2019-2020.

UIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

Read full report on General Civil Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fairly large school located in Edwardsville, Illinois that handed out 16 masters’s general civil engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SIUE are $9,300, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SIUE General Civil Engineering Report

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 45 degrees to qualified masters’s general civil engineering students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at Northwestern

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #5 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 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are $32,928, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Civil Engineering at SIUC

#6

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Bradley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid ranking. Bradley is a private not-for-profit institution located in Peoria, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bradley are $17,040.

Full Bradley General Civil Engineering Report

Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Civil Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s general civil engineering degrees to qualified students.

Illinois Tech also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

Full Illinois Institute of Technology General Civil Engineering Report

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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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