Systems Engineering is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #179 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2025 Best Systems Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
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 Systems Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Systems Engineering in Illinois
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for systems engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Systems Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in systems engineering. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the systems engineering program earn an average of $81,785 in the first couple years of working.
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).
