Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and approximately 24,723 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 191 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from CU Anschutz.

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

CU Anschutz Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at CU Anschutz

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

CU Anschutz does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

CU Anschutz Engineering Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at CU Anschutz 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
Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	87
	173
Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	178
Most Focused Engineering Schools	321

In 2021, 70 students received their master’s degree in engineering from CU Anschutz. This makes it the #152 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #167 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at CU Anschutz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

CU Anschutz Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 191 engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CU Anschutz, about 77% were men and 23% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at CU Anschutz are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	101
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

CU Anschutz Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students graduated with a master's degree in engineering from CU Anschutz. About 69% were men and 31% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	35
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

CU Anschutz also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering	73
Mechanical Engineering	66
Electrical Engineering	59
Biomedical Engineering	54
General Engineering	14
Engineering Science	6

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services

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 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.