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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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general environmental engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general environmental engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general 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 colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

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

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at UIUC

#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.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid list, U-M has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#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. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus General Environmental Engineering Report

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 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, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. East Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also made our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at Michigan State

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #5 spot on the list. Michigan Technological University is located in Houghton, Michigan and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Michigan Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan Tech are $21,996, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

#4 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid list, UC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General 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 UC are $26,644.

Read full report on General Environmental Engineering at UC

#7 in overall quality

Illinois Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Illinois Tech General Environmental Engineering Report

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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