2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
Environmental Engineering is the #182 most popular major in Illinois with 71 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for environmental engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Environmental Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best value school in Illinois for environmental engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
Northwestern undergraduate students pay an average of $60,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #2 for overall quality for environmental engineering in Illinois.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Loyola Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $47,808 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 122 |
| Ohio | 103 |
| Indiana | 88 |
| Wisconsin | 36 |
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Majors Related to Environmental Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, environmental engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Environmental Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 46,178 |
| Electrical Engineering | 28,844 |
| Civil Engineering | 21,388 |
| Computer Engineering | 17,987 |
| Chemical Engineering | 12,917 |
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).
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