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2022 Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$35,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 1,079 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,500 and $22,666 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering 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 Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Illinois

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k 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 school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 65 doctorate’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree ee students whose families make more than $110k list, UIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’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 UIUC are $30,083.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #2 spot on the list. Carbondale, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree ee students whose families make more than $110k list, SIUC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’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 SIUC are $32,928.

Full Southern Illinois University Carbondale Electrical Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago

#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 Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our illinois doctor’s degree ee students whose families make more than $110k list, Northwestern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue EE Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making Over $110k. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s EE degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

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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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