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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

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Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering programs, but they also 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. 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.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best 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.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best 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.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 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 Getting Aid list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #3 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 Purdue are $28,794.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan Technological University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan Tech, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

#4 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Cincinnati, Ohio. It awarded 5 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. 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 more about 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 Getting Aid list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #7. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Illinois Tech

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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%.

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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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