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2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in Colorado

8 Colleges
$69,006 Avg Salary
$25,432 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering 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 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 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the most popular school for engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

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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 Schools in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in Colorado. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for engineering students. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular engineering programs. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Colorado State University - Pueblo did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for engineering students. Located in the city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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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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