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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

12 Colleges
$70,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Civil Engineering is the #50 most popular major in the country with 21,388 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. 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 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Colorado School of Mines to be the best school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Boulder is a great place for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

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Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

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#7

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #7, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best schools for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming ranked #8 on this year’s Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Montana State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Utah State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 496
Utah 251
Idaho 152
Montana 134
Wyoming 63

Civil Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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