2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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 Master'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. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana Technological University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montana Tech are $19,429 per year.
Montana Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a 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 .
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.
CU - Boulder excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
Colorado School of Mines landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each 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 .
University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.
U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering colleges 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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Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
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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 13 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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