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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

14 Colleges
$59,618 Avg Salary
$22,728 Avg Student Debt

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 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Environmental Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the environmental engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for environmental engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for environmental engineering students. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#6

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Michigan Technological University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the remote town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public school with a small student population.

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#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular environmental engineering programs. Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Terre Haute.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges by State

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

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

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 14 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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