2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Environmental Engineering 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.
The Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois 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. 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 in Environmental Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for environmental engineering students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year.
UIUC also made our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #3.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northwestern is a very 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.
Northwestern also made our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #1.
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Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois Tech are $50,375 per year.
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The excellent programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Loyola Chicago also is in the top 20% of our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois ranking.
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Request InformationBest Value Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| 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 4 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.