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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,363 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$91,242 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Biomedical Engineering is the #57 most popular major in the country with 4,252 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. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Biomedical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for bio engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for bio engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Utah Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great value for biomedical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.

CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our Best Biomedical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 34
Utah 66
Idaho 0

One of 39 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 UC Davis College of Engineering.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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