Opportunity + Outcomes
Dynamic experiential opportunities plus high starting salaries add up to significant outcomes for Illinois Tech graduates.
In Illinois for High Earnings and Economic Mobility
—New York Times Rankings Tool, 2024
In Illinois for Best Salaries of Graduates
—Wall Street Journal, Best Colleges in the U.S. 2025
Best Value School
—U.S. News & World Report 2024
Elevate Your Future
No matter where you are in your educational, professional, or personal journey, Illinois Tech provides you with a world-class, tech-focused education. You’ll be empowered through guaranteed access to hands-on experiences that prepare you with the innovation skills you need to thrive in the careers of the future. The results speak for themselves: Illinois Tech graduates have high employment rates and earn starting salaries well above the national average. Are you ready to elevate your future?
Undergraduate Programs
Illinois Tech offers 50-plus undergraduate majors and special degree programs in STEM-focused disciplines that provide an educational experience to prepare you for fields that are shaping the future.
Graduate Programs
Whether you’re looking to further your career, launch a cutting-edge business, or conduct Ph.D. research, Illinois Tech offers 100-plus industry-aligned graduate degrees to prepare your for careers of the future.
Education for All
Learning doesn’t have an age, experience, or skill restriction. Whether you’re a young learner looking for a pre-college experience or an adult looking to switch careers, Illinois Tech has the path to meet you where you are.
Illinois Tech inspired Rohit Prasad to follow his passions. Advice he received from a graduate school adviser allowed him to thrive and make lasting contributions to the future of AI.
Rohit Prasad (M.S. Electrical Engineering ’99)
Challenging courses, real-world projects, and faculty mentors have taken Efe Uduigwomen’s mastery of data-driven marketing—and her career—to new levels.
Efearue Uduigwomen (M.S. MANL ’23)
Judge Robert J. White '10 was recently put on the bench after being nominated by President Joe Biden. Before all the pomp and circumstance, he was a student at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Robert J. White LAW '10
As a leadership expert, Ashley Aguilar uses her expertise to create a tool designed to assess and develop leadership on a global scale.
Ashley Aguilar (PSYC ’21, M.S. IPSY ’23)
Using their garage as a makeshift workshop, Victor Tsao and his wife created Linksys, which they turned into a global wireless computer network leader.
Victor Tsao (M.S. C.S. ’81)
Juliane Wolf grew up in Germany surrounded by architects and came to Illinois Tech because its Bauhausian and Miesian ties. It also where she also met Jeanne Gang.
Juliane Wolf (ARCH ’01)
“I Wouldn’t Have a Job Lined Up Without Elevate”
Students at Illinois Tech get hands-on with their future through our one-of-a-kind Elevate program, which guarantees access to experiential opportunities such as internships, research, competitions, and more.
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Less than a mile from beautiful Lake Michigan, our historic Mies Campus was voted as one of the country's “most beautiful college campuses.” Find out why on a campus tour. You can also attend a virtual information session or check out our virtual tour.
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Illinois Tech Launches Zero-Tuition Pledge for In-State Students
Illinois Tech has announced a new scholarship program that broadens the university’s commitment to providing learners with access to a world-class education: zero-tuition scholarships for high...
‘The Best Course in Housing in the Country’: Second-Year Studio Earns National Recognition
One of the best architecture studios on housing in the United States is now taught at Illinois Tech’s College of Architecture. The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture presented the...
Ensuring Safety at Illinois Tech: Meet Our Public Safety Officers
Transcript Watch Commander Corey Banks: Making sure that students and staff are safe. Anything else can be fixed, but as long as they're safe and we know they're safe, we're okay. Watch Commander...