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2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$10,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 442 people earned their degree in environmental biology, making the major the 661st most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 12 environmental biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Environmental Biology (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Governors State University

University Park, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Governors State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Microbiology Schools in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. Governors State University is a public institution located in University Park, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Environmental Biology Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for GSU is $10,872 for Illinois Environmental Microbiology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full GSU Environmental Biology Report

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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