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2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,802 people earned their degree in general environmental engineering, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 433 general environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general 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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general environmental engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Environmental Engineering (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students whose families make $48-$75k list, Purdue has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 #3 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 10 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#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 $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #4 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General 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.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State University General Environmental Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. 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.

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#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 $48-$75k list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Tech are $30,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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