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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in Colorado

6 Colleges
$68,682 Avg Salary
$26,439 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for ME majors pursuing a .

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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The excellent programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mechanical engineering schools in Colorado. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great place for mechanical engineering students. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college 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. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mechanical engineering programs. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

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Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools 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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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