2024 Best Environmental Biology Schools in Illinois
1College in Illinois
10Environmental Microbiology Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in environmental biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #599 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2024 Best Environmental Biology Schools in Illinois ranking.
The environmental microbiology 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 Biology Schools in Illinois.
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Best Schools for Environmental Biology in Illinois
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 microbiology degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Illinois Schools in Environmental Microbiology
Every student pursuing a degree in environmental biology needs to check out Illinois College. Located in the town of Jacksonville, Illinois College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were roughly 1 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Illinois College in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Blackburn College if you wish to pursue a degree in environmental biology. Blackburn is a small private not-for-profit college located in the town of Carlinville.
There were about 1 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at Blackburn in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Governors State University if you want to pursue a degree in environmental biology. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 3 environmental biology students who graduated with this degree at GSU in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
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