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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for environmental engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in environmental engineering at UIUC, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in environmental engineering at the school are women while 48% are male.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in environmental engineering at Purdue, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular environmental engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

About 25% of the students majoring in environmental engineering at the school are women while 75% are male.

Full Environmental Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Illinois Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular environmental engineering schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in environmental engineering at Illinois Tech, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Full Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

Michigan Technological University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton.

About 80% of the students majoring in environmental engineering at the school are women while 20% are male.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University

Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a small public school located in the large suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB.

Women make up 20% of the environmental engineering majors at the school.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree environmental engineering programs. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

Of the 4 students majoring in environmental engineering at Michigan State, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University

#9

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

With a ranking of #9, Cleveland State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. Cleveland State University is a large public school located in the large city of Cleveland.

About 33% of the students majoring in environmental engineering at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Environmental Engineering at Cleveland State University Report

#10

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Wayne State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for environmental engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Wayne State University

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 12 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.

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