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Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,660 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,659 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 155 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering technology students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Engineering Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for general engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,941 a year. On average, engineering tech graduates from Illinois State take out $18,408 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Illinois State also took the #5 spot in our Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Illinois rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WIU are $13,661 per year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $12,472 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, engineering tech graduates from NIU carry an average student debtload of $25,960. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $242.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NIU also did well on our Best General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general engineering technology schools in Illinois. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EIU are $12,809 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,416 a year.

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Best Value General Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 79
Indiana 41
Wisconsin 49
Ohio 181

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, general engineering technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Engineering Tech Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Engineering Technology 3,685
Applied Engineering Technologies 156

Majors Similar to Engineering Tech

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
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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