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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$31,059 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,844 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Biomedical Engineering is the #74 most popular major in the country with 12,811 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for bio engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biomedical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found University of Utah to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.

U of U also claimed a spot on our Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Utah Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the # 2 spot on the list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value biomedical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU Anschutz are $26,376 a year. On average, bio engineering graduates from CU Anschutz take out $24,344 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Biomedical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $307, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great value for biomedical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $28,264 per year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Montana State University Report

Best Biomedical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best biomedical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 134
Utah 153
Idaho 0
Montana 26

One of 40 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 UC Davis College of Engineering.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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