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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Environmental Engineering is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 433 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Houghton, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Technological University are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan Technological University General Environmental Engineering Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Purdue General Environmental Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot on the list. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIUC General Environmental Engineering Report

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Illinois Institute of Technology did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Illinois Tech is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

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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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