2025 Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
2
Colleges in Illinois
7
Bachelor's Degrees
a bachelor's degree in
environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #136 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of environmental engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 7 bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 environmental engineering students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other 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.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for environmental engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for 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 Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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