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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Mechanics is the 298th most popular major in the country with 257 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 36 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in engineering mechanics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering mechanics 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 engineering mechanics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s engineering mechanics degrees to qualified students.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering Mechanics at UIUC

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

$56,567 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern University are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (With Aid)

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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