2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in Illinois

Environmental Engineering is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #117 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the most popular for environmental engineering students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 32 master's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for environmental engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Environmental Engineering in Illinois

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in environmental engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Environmental Engineering Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

22 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in environmental engineering has to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in environmental engineering in Illinois. More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In IL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Illinois Institute of Technology is a popular choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in environmental engineering in Illinois. More information about a master’s in environmental engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	203	38
Ohio	195	12
Indiana	181	20
Wisconsin	166	0

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Environmental Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	419
Civil Engineering	322
Mechanical Engineering	281
Other Engineering	132
Industrial Engineering	129
Biomedical Engineering	98
Chemical Engineering	81
Operations Research	66
Computer Engineering	62
Materials Engineering	45

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.