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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

14 Colleges
$71,262 Avg Salary
$22,895 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #27 most popular major in the country with 11,021 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for EE majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools

Our analysis found Colorado School of Mines to be the best school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Montana Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best electrical engineering programs. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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Montana State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #10, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 208
Utah 70
Idaho 29
Montana 8
Wyoming 11

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 NASA.

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