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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$27,323 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for civil eng majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

BYU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Civil Engineering at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Wyoming

Out of the 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.

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

#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Civil Engineering at Montana State University Report

#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great value for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Utah

With a ranking of #7, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. 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 also made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

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University of Colorado Boulder came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU - Boulder also is in the top 15% of our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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#10

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Utah State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree civil engineering programs. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

Full Civil Engineering at Utah State University Report

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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