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<p>That is pretty much the same at every major public engineering school, not just UIUC.</p>
<p>Honestly, UMich is typically considered an overall better school but not by much. They get the bump because they have a good med school (which UIUC doesn’t have and isn’t relevant to your studies) and other similar irrelevant (to you) programs that are better than UIUC. As an engineer, you ought to treat them generally as equals. Go where you are more comfortable.</p>