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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

16 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 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges.

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

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. 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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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent programs at University of Idaho 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 distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

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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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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Utah State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for electrical engineering students. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#9

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering colleges 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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