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2023 Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in Colorado

4 Colleges
$55,275 Avg Salary
$27,223 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 136 degrees and certificates were awarded to environmental engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #99 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Environmental Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 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 Environmental Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found University of Colorado Boulder to be the most popular school for environmental engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

Environmental Engineering majors at CU - Boulder take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

While working on their degree, environmental engineering majors at Mines accumulate an average of around $26,670 in student debt.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

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

While working on their degree, environmental engineering majors at Colorado State accumulate an average of around $28,000 in student debt.

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The excellent programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best environmental engineering schools in Colorado. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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Best Environmental Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 7
Idaho 0
Montana 24
Wyoming 0

Environmental Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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 U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alesia Goosic.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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