2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 69 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 10 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology

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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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