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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$36,484 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,618 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #144 most popular major in the country with 919 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for environmental engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Michigan Technological University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for environmental engineering students. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan Tech are $39,723 a year.

Michigan Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Purdue are $28,794 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for environmental engineering students. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great value for environmental engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIUC are $37,632 per year.

UIUC also took the #5 spot in our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Michigan State are $41,290 per year.

Michigan State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.

Full Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U-M are $55,097 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U-M also is in the top 5% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

#8

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH
$16,654 Average Tuition & Fees

Cleveland State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Cleveland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $16,654 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best environmental engineering schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 52
Illinois 51
Ohio 23
Indiana 20
Wisconsin 0

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One of 39 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • 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.

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