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2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$35,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,505 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Engineering

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mines is ranked #1 for overall quality for engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of I is a fairly large public school located in the town of Moscow.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 497
Colorado 1,387
Montana 78
Idaho 158
Wyoming 59

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
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 5 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

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