Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in Illinois | CampusGuide

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Schools Ranked

$65,363

Avg. Program Earnings

68.3%

Avg. Graduation Rate

Top 8 Schools

College rankings
#	School	Median Earnings	Graduation Rate	School Type
1	Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois	$73,112	95.9%	private-nonprofit
2	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, Illinois	$71,144	84.9%	public
3	Bradley University Peoria, Illinois	$66,621	72.1%	private-nonprofit
4	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, Illinois	$64,150	49.6%	public
5	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois	$64,068	56.3%	public
6	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, Illinois	$63,005	60.3%	public
7	Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois	$61,268	72.4%	private-nonprofit
8	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois	$59,534	55.0%	public

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