Best Engineering Colleges in Illinois

Northwestern University offers 93 Engineering Degree programs. It's a large private university in a small city. In 2015, 1,144 students graduated in the study area of Engineering with students earning 475 Bachelor's degrees, 466 Master's degrees, 147 Doctoral degrees, and 56 Certificates degrees.

Freshmen get their feet wet immediately with Illinois Engineering First-Year Experience. After four weeks of Engineering 100, students spend the rest of the course on a customized project. Past participants have done everything from creating a Helix wind turbine prototype using a 3D printer to building a machine to spread condiments on bagels. Such hands-on experiences continue in courses such as Learning in Community in which teams of students work on projects proposed by nonprofit organizations. You might help design a more cost-efficient prosthetic arm or construct footbridges for underprivileged Chinese villages. A Wall Street Journal survey of employers lists University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign engineering graduates among the top five most prepared for the workforce. We’re not surprised. In fact, over Winter Break, students may choose to do a one-day job shadow. Students experience a day in the life of an engineer at places such as Caterpillar, the Federal Aviation Administration, Intel Corp, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The university’s effort to maintain ties with local employers also pays off upon graduation. Students on average receive two or more job offers, and the starting salary for those with a BS in engineering from U of I is about 8 percent higher than the national average.

University of Chicago offers 4 Engineering Degree programs. It's a large private university in a large city. In 2015, 17 students graduated in the study area of Engineering with students earning 17 Bachelor's degrees.

Loyola University Chicago offers 8 Engineering Degree programs. It's a large private university in a large city. In 2015, 101 students graduated in the study area of Engineering with students earning 52 Master's degrees, 49 Bachelor's degrees.