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2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges in Illinois
435 Engineering Degrees Awarded
General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 435 degrees in general engineering annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

General Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Engineering
Master's Degrees in Engineering
Doctor's Degrees in Engineering

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for General Engineering in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Engineering

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in general engineering needs to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign.More information about a degree in general engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
51 Engineering Degrees Awarded
5.9% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in general engineering has to check out Olivet Nazarene University. Olivet Nazarene is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Bourbonnais.More information about a degree in general engineering from Olivet Nazarene University

Best General Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 158
Michigan 915 383
Indiana 737 231
Wisconsin 672 199

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One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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