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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$34,005 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #130 most popular major in Illinois with 51 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for environmental engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Environmental Engineering

$17,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to be the best value school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois list.

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$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Best Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 52
Ohio 23
Indiana 20
Wisconsin 0

Environmental Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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