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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$38,595 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$59,618 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

Environmental Engineering is the #175 most popular major in the country with 2,759 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the environmental engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Environmental Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Platteville the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for environmental engineering students. Located in the distant town of Platteville, UW - Platteville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW - Platteville are $16,483 per year. Environmental Engineering majors at UW - Platteville take out an average of $18,918 in student loans while working on their egree.

UW - Platteville also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Purdue are $28,794 per year. After completing their degree, environmental engineering graduates from Purdue carry an average student debtload of $18,292.

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

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$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year. Environmental Engineering majors at UC take out an average of $29,632 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH
$20,239 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Toledo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public college with a large student population.

University of Toledo undergraduate students pay an average of $20,239 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UIUC are $37,632 a year.

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

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Michigan Technological University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan Tech are $39,723 a year. Environmental Engineering majors at Michigan Tech take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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

University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UW - Madison undergraduate students pay an average of $38,608 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value environmental engineering programs. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ohio State are $35,019 per year. Environmental Engineering majors at Ohio State take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ohio State also is in the top 15% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Environmental Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Michigan State are $41,290 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 10% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#10

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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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 122
Ohio 103
Illinois 71
Indiana 88
Wisconsin 36

Environmental Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 16 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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