2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Engineering in Illinois

Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #4 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 514 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in engineering matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Engineering in Illinois ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality engineering program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Engineering Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

256 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. UIUC is a very large public university located in the small city of Champaign. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in engineering in Illinois.

There were about 256 engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

129 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Northwestern University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in engineering. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in engineering in Illinois.

There were approximately 129 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in engineering from Northwestern University

3

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

72 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in engineering has to look into University of Illinois at Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in engineering in Illinois.

There were about 72 engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Illinois at Chicago

4

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

31 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in engineering needs to check out Illinois Institute of Technology. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in engineering in Illinois.

There were about 31 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Illinois Tech in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

5

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

14 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

SIUC is a large public university located in the city of Carbondale. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in engineering in Illinois.

There were roughly 14 engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at SIUC in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in engineering from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

6

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

UChicago is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.

There were about 12 engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	30	353
Ohio	29	462
Michigan	28	447
Wisconsin	27	185

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	106
Mechanical Engineering	90
Materials Engineering	62
Civil Engineering	60
Chemical Engineering	54
Biomedical Engineering	48
Industrial Engineering	19
Computer Engineering	13
Environmental Engineering	13
Nuclear Engineering	11

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	276
Physical Sciences	262
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	205
Mathematics & Statistics	115
Computer & Information Sciences	108
Natural Resources & Conservation	7
Architecture & Related Services	5

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.