2024 Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #136 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for environmental engineering students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 70 bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on environmental engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of environmental engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt environmental engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized environmental engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for environmental engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Environmental Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Environmental Engineering in Michigan

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for environmental engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Environmental Engineering

1

Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

31 Annual Graduates

$57,523 Median Starting Salary

$26,545 Median Student Debt

Michigan Technological University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduating, environmental engineering bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $57,523 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

39 Annual Graduates

$56,501 Median Starting Salary

$19,028 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat University of Michigan - Ann Arbor if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. U-M is a very large public university located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the environmental engineering program make about $56,501 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	252	78
Illinois	241	20
Indiana	235	68
Wisconsin	213	36

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Environmental Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Environmental Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Environmental Engineering Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Environmental Engineering	70

Most Popular Majors Related to Environmental Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	1,905
Electrical Engineering	859
Chemical Engineering	426
Computer Engineering	416
Industrial Engineering	298
Civil Engineering	288
General Engineering	277
Biomedical Engineering	246
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	146
Materials Engineering	104

Notes and References

• 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.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic. More about our data sources and methodologies.