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2023 Most Popular General Engineering Schools in Colorado

6 Colleges
$83,792 Avg Salary
$19,961 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 200 degrees and certificates were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular General Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Colorado 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 Colorado.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great place for general engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college 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 Colorado. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

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The excellent programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general engineering schools in Colorado. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Best General Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 6 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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