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

16 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree.

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population.

About 19% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 81% are male.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder Report

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 9% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 91% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

Of the 21 students majoring in EE at Colorado State, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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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 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 15% of the EE majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

Of the 19 students majoring in EE at Mines, 89% are male and 11% are female.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 8% of the EE majors at the school.

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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

About 27% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 73% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

About 30% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 70% are male.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

#9

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Montana State University

Bozeman, MT

Montana State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in EE at MSU Bozeman, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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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 16 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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