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Best colleges for Engineering in Illinois

18 colleges ranked by share of degrees in Engineering

These 18 top Engineering colleges in Illinois, ranked by share of degrees in Engineering, run from 1% at Wheaton College to 43% at Illinois Institute of Technology. 6 are public and 12 are private.

#CollegeTypeEngineering degreesUndergradsAcceptance
1Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Private43%2,81255%
2University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
Public21%34,62344%
3Bradley University
Peoria, IL
Private18%3,86577%
4Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Private14%8,9607%
5University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
Public11%21,81479%
6Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
Public8%8,83697%
7Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
Public7%11,27770%
8Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL
Private5%2,48567%
9North Central College
Naperville, IL
Private5%2,36058%
10Principia College
Elsah, IL
Private4%33744%
11Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
Public4%8,11690%
12North Park University
Chicago, IL
Private4%1,84473%
13University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Private2%7,5405%
14Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
Public2%4,93975%
15Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
Private2%11,57681%
16Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
Private2%72587%
17Greenville University
Greenville, IL
Private1%87395%
18Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL
Private1%2,08790%

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