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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$28,357 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,512 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering 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 Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for civil engineering students. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #3 for overall quality for civil eng in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $26,376 per year.

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of I are $27,576 per year.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

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Montana State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman undergraduate students pay an average of $28,264 in tuition and fees each year.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value civil engineering programs. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for civil eng in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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University of Colorado Boulder did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for civil engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU - Boulder are $38,358 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Colorado School of Mines landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value civil engineering programs. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mines are $40,838 a year.

Mines also made our Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.

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#10

Utah State University

Logan, UT

With a ranking of #10, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges 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.

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