2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 61,791 engineering students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.
BYU also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
Out of the 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each year.
Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.
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 #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region .
Full Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report
With a ranking of #7, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.
Montana State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Colorado Boulder ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.
CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.
Utah State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population.
USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Utah | 497 |
Colorado | 1,387 |
Montana | 78 |
Idaho | 158 |
Wyoming | 59 |
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 60,971 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 28,851 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 15,127 |
Physical Sciences | 12,705 |
Engineering Technologies | 7,672 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 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).
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