If you plan on majoring in other engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #252 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for other engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 141 degrees in other engineering annually.
The other engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for other engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Engineering Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of other engineering degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat Northwestern University if you wish to pursue a degree in other engineering. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 101 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Illinois Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in other engineering. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. This school ranks 23rd out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 11 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Illinois at Chicago if you wish to pursue a degree in other engineering. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 18 other engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The other engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Other Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for other engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
