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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in EE at CU - Boulder, 63% are male and 37% are female.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 14% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 86% are male.

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#3

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in EE at DU, 88% are male and 13% are female.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 4 spot on the list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Women make up 29% of the EE majors at the school.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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Colorado School of Mines came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

About 25% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Idaho Report

#8

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the EE majors at the school.

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Montana State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

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Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

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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 10 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 NASA.

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