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2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$44,146 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

2023 Best Value Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois

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

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. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 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, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for environmental engineering in Illinois.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in Illinois. 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for environmental engineering in Illinois.

Full Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University Report

$50,375 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in Illinois. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Illinois Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $50,375 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$47,808 Average Tuition & Fees

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 city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola Chicago are $47,808 a year.

Loyola Chicago also claimed a spot on our Best Environmental Engineering Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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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 122
Ohio 103
Indiana 88
Wisconsin 36

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.

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