Sugar Grove, IL has thirty-eight MCSE schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Marquette University, the highest ranked school in this group with a MCSE program, has a total student population of 11,689. It is the 111th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Wisconsin (#1 is University of Wisconsin-Madison).
MCSE students from Sugar Grove schools who go on to become network engineers, computer engineers, computer programmers, computer scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 3,303,690 people working as computer and mathematical science employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $76,290. Also, Computer software engineers, systems software make on average $96,620 per year and there are about 385,200 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 13,970 employed computer software engineers, systems software earning an average salary of $93,440. Computer and mathematical science employees in this area earn $77,740/yr and there are 103,930 employed.
Sugar Grove lies in Kane county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 28 out of every 1000 jobs in Sugar Grove are held by computer and mathematical science employees, and 4/1000 are held by computer software engineers, systems software.
Of the 38 MCSE schools with a 100-mile radius of Sugar Grove, only 12 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola University Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($27,955/yr) for MCSE students, with Gateway Technical College as the lowest, reported at only $220/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Sugar Grove |
| Naperville | IL | 146,177 | 1 | 64.8467 | 83 | 15.2 miles |
| Lisle | IL | - | 2 | 24.7595 | 107 | 19.2 miles |
| Bolingbrook | IL | 72,318 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.2 miles |
| Carol Stream | IL | 40,639 | 0 | - | 0 | 19.5 miles |
| DeKalb | IL | 46,134 | 1 | 31.3806 | 98 | 19.6 miles |
| Romeoville | IL | - | 1 | 29.2285 | 116 | 19.9 miles |
| Sycamore | IL | - | 1 | 26.7522 | 5 | 20.1 miles |
| Woodridge | IL | - | 1 | 16.3637 | 24 | 20.3 miles |
| Elgin | IL | 111,179 | 3 | 24.5629 | 139 | 20.8 miles |
| Glen Ellyn | IL | - | 1 | 13.8242 | 100 | 21.0 miles |
| Glendale Heights | IL | - | 1 | 27.7281 | 3 | 21.8 miles |
| Downers Grove | IL | 49,475 | 1 | 0.403237 | 10 | 22.0 miles |
| Hanover Park | IL | - | 1 | 22.3828 | 2 | 22.5 miles |
| Joliet | IL | 153,577 | 4 | 31.5356 | 154 | 23.2 miles |
| Lombard | IL | 43,240 | 3 | 11.1886 | 2 | 23.6 miles |
| Malta | IL | - | 1 | 13.1722 | 50 | 24.5 miles |
| West Dundee | IL | - | 1 | 23.2604 | 5 | 24.7 miles |
| Villa Park | IL | - | 2 | 31.4324 | 7 | 25.1 miles |
| Hoffman Estates | IL | 54,568 | 1 | 19.0736 | 10 | 25.9 miles |
| Addison | IL | - | 1 | 11.9746 | 2 | 26.2 miles |
| Schaumburg | IL | 71,386 | 3 | 11.8364 | 30 | 26.4 miles |
| Palatine | IL | 67,435 | 1 | 12.7765 | 87 | 31.8 miles |
| Orland Park | IL | 55,957 | 1 | 26.0399 | 11 | 32.4 miles |
| Crystal Lake | IL | 42,672 | 3 | 24.3677 | 64 | 32.9 miles |
| Arlington Heights | IL | 73,268 | 1 | 24.4091 | 3 | 33.0 miles |
| River Grove | IL | - | 1 | 11.7006 | 67 | 33.3 miles |
| Mount Prospect | IL | 52,994 | 2 | 36.9644 | 21 | 33.6 miles |
| Des Plaines | IL | 57,512 | 1 | 11.0092 | 69 | 33.6 miles |
| River Forest | IL | - | 2 | 45.0836 | 173 | 33.8 miles |
| Palos Heights | IL | - | 1 | 26.9291 | 61 | 34.0 miles |