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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

9 Colleges
$79,025 Avg Salary
$23,481 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 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 General Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for general engineering students. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UCCS is a large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.

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Montana State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

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Colorado School of Mines ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular General 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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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general engineering students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general engineering students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Best General Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general engineering colleges 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 9 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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