2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general environmental engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #168 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general environmental engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 27 bachelor's degrees in general environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general environmental engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general environmental engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general environmental engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general environmental engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The environmental engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Environmental Engineering in Illinois

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general environmental engineering.

Top Illinois Schools for a Bachelor's in Environmental Engineering

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

15 Annual Graduates

Northwestern University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering from Northwestern University

2

Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL

12 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Loyola University Chicago if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general environmental engineering. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago.More information about a bachelor’s in general environmental engineering from Loyola University Chicago

Best General Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	629	70
Ohio	612	78
Indiana	535	68
Wisconsin	435	36

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General Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

General Environmental Engineering is one of 0 different types of Environmental Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic. More about our data sources and methodologies.