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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in environmental engineering, making the major the 166th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 433 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,000 and $21,495 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full U-M Environmental Engineering Report

#5 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, Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot on the list. Houghton, Michigan is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best 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 some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Michigan Tech

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 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, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Purdue Environmental Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UIUC

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 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, Michigan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University

#4 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s 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 Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#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 a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best 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.

Read more about 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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