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2023 Most Popular Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

8 Colleges
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree 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 8 schools in Colorado to see which master's degree 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the most popular school in Colorado for engineering students working on their master’s degree. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

About 28% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 72% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 30% of the engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 27% of the engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.

Of the 70 students majoring in engineering at CU Anschutz, 69% are male and 31% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 22% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 78% are male.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

With a ranking of #6, University of Denver did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

Women make up 43% of the engineering majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 47% of the students majoring in engineering at the school are women while 53% are male.

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Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 13% of the engineering majors at the school.

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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 8 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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