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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$13,700 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,613 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 496 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Value Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for civil eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for civil eng majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for civil engineering students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.

CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $8,052 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CU Anschutz also took the #5 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $13,901 per year.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value civil engineering schools in Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State are $13,313 a year.

Colorado State also made our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mines are $19,532 a year.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 251
Idaho 152
Montana 134
Wyoming 63

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

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 4 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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