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2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Chemical Engineering is the #72 most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Chemical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for chem eng majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

About 31% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

About 20% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 80% are male.

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#3

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.

About 25% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 75% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular chemical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

With a ranking of #6, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

About 67% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 33% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for chemical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

About 33% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 67% are male.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 378
Utah 213
Idaho 28
Montana 92
Wyoming 41

One of 40 majors within the area of study, chemical 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
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

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 Mikulova.

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