2025 Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
2Colleges in Illinois
53Master's Degrees
Construction Engineering isn't the most popular master's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #187 in popularity out of 343 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of construction engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 53 master's degrees in construction engineering to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to construction engineering students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of construction engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for construction engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized construction engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for construction engineering students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Construction Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).