Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Colorado Boulder. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and has a total student population of 37,437. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 482 students received their master's degree in engineering.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

CU - Boulder Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at CU - Boulder

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? CU - Boulder offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

CU - Boulder Engineering Rankings

There were 120 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #22 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at CU - Boulder

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Colorado Boulder.

CU - Boulder Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from CU - Boulder, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	265
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of Colorado Boulder. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Colorado Boulder. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	176
Electrical Engineering	121
Mechanical Engineering	89
General Engineering	61
Civil Engineering	59
Chemical Engineering	50
Environmental Engineering	18
Materials Engineering	15
Architectural Engineering	12
Biomedical Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Engineering Technologies
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for University of Colorado Boulder.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers	30,400	$106,730
Systems Software Developers	11,170	$124,410
Civil Engineers	10,680	$93,560
Computer Network Architects	6,040	$115,300
Electronics Engineers	5,630	$105,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By University of Colorado at Boulder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.