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Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,568 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree School for You

Electronics Engineering Technology is the #20 most popular major in Illinois with 288 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for ee tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Electronics Engineering

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Land College the best value school in Illinois for electronics engineering technology students working on their associate degree. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lake Land College are $8,104 a year.

Full Electronics Engineering Technology at Lake Land College Report

#2

DeVry University - Illinois

Naperville, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means DeVry University - Illinois is a great value for electronics engineering technology students working on their associate degree. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Naperville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DeVry University - Illinois are $15,032 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, ee tech majors at DeVry University - Illinois accumulate an average of around $24,989 in student debt.

DeVry University - Illinois also took the #2 spot in our Best Electronics Engineering Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois rankings.

Read full report on Electronics Engineering Technology at DeVry University - Illinois

Best Value Electronics Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 227
Indiana 284
Wisconsin 179
Ohio 781

Electronics Engineering Technology is one of 18 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

EE Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 6,211
Other Electrical & Electronic Engineering Technologies 1,422
Telecommunications Technology 451
Laser & Optical Technology 182
Audio Engineering Technology 81

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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