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2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
129 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value IE Schools for a Master's in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,448 people earned their degree in industrial engineering, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, industrial engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,716 and had an average of $22,994 in loans still to pay off.

Across Illinois, there were 389 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,840 and $23,226 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 industrial engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in industrial engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial 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 industrial engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree ie students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Evanston, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s IE degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern University Industrial Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

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 #2 for the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 13 masters’s IE degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#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 Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s IE students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Engineering at UIC

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s IE degrees to qualified students.

SIUE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Industrial 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 SIUE are $9,300.

Full SIUE Industrial Engineering Report

#5

Northern Illinois University

Dekalb, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Illinois University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Dekalb, Illinois, this fairly large public school handed out 58 diplomas to qualified masters’s IE students in 2019-2020.

NIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NIU are $11,086, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northern Illinois University Industrial Engineering Report

#6

Bradley University

Peoria, Illinois

Bradley University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value IE Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Bradley is located in Peoria, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s IE degrees to qualified students.

Bradley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Industrial Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bradley University are $17,040, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Industrial Engineering at Bradley

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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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