2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in Illinois (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Structural Engineering is the 665th most popular major in the country with 337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 20 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 structural engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent structural engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the structural engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The structural 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 Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Structural 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 structural engineering students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Structural Engineering in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Structural Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s structural engineering students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Structural 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 Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

Read full report on Structural Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

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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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