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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

6 Colleges
$83,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree School for You

With 193 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mechanical engineering is the #32 most popular major in Colorado.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Mechanical Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in Colorado for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Colorado Boulder helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

With a ranking of #6, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s best schools for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Full Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 120
Idaho 31
Montana 7
Wyoming 15

Mechanical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to ME

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
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 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Michel Villeneuve.

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