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Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and has a total student population of 32,428. Of the 5,528 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University - Fort Collins in 2021, 516 of them were engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Colorado State Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Colorado State offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Colorado State Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Colorado State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Colorado State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Engineering Master’s Degree Schools 140

In 2021, 161 students received their master’s degree in engineering from Colorado State. This makes it the #88 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 37 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #92 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Colorado State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Colorado State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

28% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 516 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Colorado State in 2020-2021, 72% were men and 28% were women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

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About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Colorado State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 12
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 53
White 372
International Students 51
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

Colorado State Engineering Master’s Program

27% Women
7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 161 students earned a master's degree in engineering from Colorado State. About 27% of these graduates were women and the other 73% were men.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from Colorado State, 50% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a master's in engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 81
International Students 62
Other Races/Ethnicities 9

Colorado State also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 37 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Colorado State University - Fort Collins. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering 172
Civil Engineering 136
Chemical Engineering 110
Electrical Engineering 84
Biomedical Engineering 68
General Engineering 67
Environmental Engineering 31
Computer Engineering 29
Systems Engineering 28
Engineering Science 4

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Software Applications Developers 30,400 $106,730
Systems Software Developers 11,170 $124,410
Civil Engineers 10,680 $93,560
Computer Network Architects 6,040 $115,300
Electronics Engineers 5,630 $105,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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