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2023 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

3 Colleges
$80,505 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 4th in Colorado. In fact, 1,387 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Colorado to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Our analysis found University of Denver to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 26% of the engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Denver

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 80% are male.

Full Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

Out of the 3 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the engineering majors at the school.

Read full report on Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 497
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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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