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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

12 Colleges
$70,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, civil engineering was ranked #43 in the country. In fact 6,042 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the civil eng master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree civil engineering programs. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #8 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

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#10

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Utah State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 167
Utah 84
Idaho 29
Montana 8
Wyoming 11

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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