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Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,724 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Engineering Science School for You

Engineering Science is the #210 most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering science 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering Science

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for engineering science students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CU Anschutz are $26,376 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU Anschutz also did well on our Best Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 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, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for engineering science in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#3

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID
$25,326 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ISU are $25,326 a year.

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Best Engineering Science Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 10
Idaho 10
Montana 1

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

Majors Similar to Engineering Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Nicolás Pérez.

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