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Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$22,391 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,930 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general engineering was ranked #64 in the country. In fact 3,548 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado at Colorado Springs the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for general engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.

Full General Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 200
Utah 6
Montana 19

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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