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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

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$70,834 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Master'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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for environmental engineering students working on their master’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Illinois Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

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