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

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Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 master'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 master’s degree. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

About 46% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 54% are male.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great place for chemical engineering students working on their master’s degree. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Women make up 29% of the chem eng majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in chem eng at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

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

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Out of the 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in chem eng at BYU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree chemical engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Montana State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree chemical engineering programs. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

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#8

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for chemical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UW is a large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

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Best Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best chemical engineering schools 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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