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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado

8 Colleges
$74,476 Avg Salary
$29,251 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #32 most popular major in Colorado with 497 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Colorado to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Boulder the most popular school in Colorado for electrical engineering students. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the city of Boulder.

EE majors at CU - Boulder take out an average of $26,976 in student loans while working on their egree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado School of Mines is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

After completing their degree, EE graduates from Mines carry an average student debt load of $24,625.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great place for electrical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population.

EE majors at Colorado State take out an average of $27,594 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

The average amount in student loans that EE majors at CU Anschutz take out is $41,687.

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Out of the 8 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.

After completing their degree, EE graduates from UCCS carry an average student debt load of $25,375.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for electrical engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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United States Air Force Academy ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Located in the fringe town of USAF Academy, USAFA is a public school with a small student population.

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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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.

Majors Similar to EE

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 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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