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

14 Colleges
$94,068 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, electrical engineering was ranked #40 in the country. In fact 28,844 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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

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

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana Tech is a small public school located in the town of Butte.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. 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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#5

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best electrical engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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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 best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree electrical engineering programs. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for electrical engineering students working on their master’s degree. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

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#10

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for electrical engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 497
Utah 249
Idaho 152
Montana 69
Wyoming 48

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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