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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$32,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

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Environmental Engineering is the 166th most popular major in the country with 2,802 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, environmental engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,600 and had an average of $23,573 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 433 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,000 and $21,495 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

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

Full U-M Environmental Engineering Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Purdue also took the #3 spot in our “Best 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 Purdue are $28,794.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Houghton, Michigan, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. 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 Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 10 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best 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.

Full UIUC Environmental Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s environmental engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best 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 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at UC

#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Michigan State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Michigan State University is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 1 doctorate’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Michigan State

#7 in overall quality

Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Environmental Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

Full Illinois Tech 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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