2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
11
Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
434
Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
A degree in
general environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #240 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 434 degrees in general environmental engineering annually.
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Choosing a Great General Environmental Engineering School
Your choice of general environmental engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Environmental Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
General Environmental Engineering Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the environmental engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Environmental Engineering
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In IL
It's difficult to beat Northwestern University if you want to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in general environmental engineering from Northwestern University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In MI
45
Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you want to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. U-M is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. A Best Colleges rank of #22 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were approximately 45 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IN
82
Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
Any student pursuing a degree in general environmental engineering needs to take a look at Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 82 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in general environmental engineering from Purdue University - Main Campus
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In IL
33
Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
It's difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a degree in general environmental engineering. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 33 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
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Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In OH
40
Environmental Engineering Degrees Awarded
UC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Cincinnati. This university ranks 6th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 40 general environmental engineering students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
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