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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$15,416 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$58,517 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 141 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering technology students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #28 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering 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.

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.

Check out the me tech bachelor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Illinois University Carbondale the best value school in Illinois for mechanical engineering technology students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,416 a year. ME Tech majors at SIUC take out an average of $17,013 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $212, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 302
Indiana 516
Wisconsin 29
Ohio 683

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

ME Tech Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology 3,490
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology 1,074
Automotive Engineering Technology 1,062
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies, Other 473
Marine Engineering Technology 106

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 values are for the top school 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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