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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

11 Ranked Colleges
269 Degrees Awarded
$20,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 269 environmental engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in environmental engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Environmental Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Purdue is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 42 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Purdue is $13,986 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Environmental Engineering Report

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,336 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Full U-M Environmental Engineering Report

#3

University of Wisconsin - Platteville

Platteville, Wisconsin

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Platteville landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Platteville is a public institution located in Platteville, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Platteville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $15,718 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid per year to attend UW - Platteville.

Full University of Wisconsin - Platteville Environmental Engineering Report

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan Technological University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan Tech is a public institution located in Houghton, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Michigan Tech is $16,463 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. It costs about $17,616 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid per year to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Ohio State

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#2 in overall quality

Northwestern University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Evanston, Illinois, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid list, Northwestern has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,664 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid per year to attend Northwestern.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#7

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

With a ranking of #7, University of Notre Dame did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Notre Dame not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Notre Dame is $33,025 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at Notre Dame

#8

University of Toledo

Toledo, Ohio
#10 in overall quality

University of Toledo came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This fairly large school is located in Toledo, Ohio, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Toledo also took the #10 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Toledo is $17,630 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Toledo

#9

Indiana Institute of Technology

Fort Wayne, Indiana
#11 in overall quality

Indiana Institute of Technology landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Indiana Tech is a small school located in Fort Wayne, Indiana that handed out 16 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Indiana Tech also took the #11 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Institute of Technology is $19,305 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Environmental Engineering students with aid.

Full Indiana Tech Environmental Engineering Report

#9 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #10. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $21,843 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid per year to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Environmental Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

#11

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #11, Marquette University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 bachelors’s environmental engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Marquette also took the #6 spot in our “Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $29,756 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree environmental engineering students with aid per year to attend Marquette University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Marquette University

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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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