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Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$27,979 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Doctor'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng 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.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

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

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Civil Engineering Doctor’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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.

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The excellent doctor’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 civil engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for civil eng in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Idaho is a great value for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mines are $40,844 a year.

Mines also made our Best Civil Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Colorado Boulder did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for civil engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

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

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree civil engineering programs. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for civil engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best civil engineering colleges 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 9 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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