This article features top engineering colleges in Illinois that offer master and doctoral degrees in the fields of biological engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. Please be informed that each school receives national wide rank as the ranking compares all engineering schools in the United States. Some important ranking factors include average GRE scores, alumni surveys, current student interviews, institutional research publications, and peer college assessment. In the following list of best engineering schools in the state of Illinois, you can see tuition cost for both in-state and out-of-state students, acceptable rates and admissions statistics for each top ranked engineering college.
| National Ranking | Illinois Top Engineering Programs |
| 6 | University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, IL) Overall acceptance rate: 25.9% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 774 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $15,732 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $28,998 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 2,773 Research expenditures per faculty member: $571,122 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $220,453,475 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 4.3% |
| 20 | Northwestern University (McCormick) (Evanston, IL) Overall acceptance rate: 22.0% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 772 Tuition: Full-time: $41,592 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,531 Research expenditures per faculty member: $622,433 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $107,681,040 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 3.9% |
| 66 | University of Illinois–Chicago (Chicago, IL) Overall acceptance rate: 31.3% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 740 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $12,464 per year, Out-of-state, full-time: $24,462 per year Total graduate engineering enrollment: 985 Research expenditures per faculty member: $280,045 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $29,124,709 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 1.0% |
| 72 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Armour) (Chicago, IL) Overall acceptance rate: 59.8% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 739 Tuition: Full-time: $1,056 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 1,523 Research expenditures per faculty member: $265,131 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $26,778,304 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 2.2% |
| 169 | Southern Illinois University–Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) Overall acceptance rate: 55.4% Average GRE quantitative score (master’s and Ph.D. students): 718 Tuition: In-state, full-time: $350 per credit, Out-of-state, full-time: $876 per credit Total graduate engineering enrollment: 494 Research expenditures per faculty member: $39,878 Engineering school research expenditures (2010-2011 fiscal year): $2,711,752 Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering: 0.0% |