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2023 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$40,838 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Manufacturing Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, manufacturing engineering was ranked #244 in the country. In fact 947 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. 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 Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for manufacturing engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the manufacturing engineering programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Manufacturing Engineering

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for manufacturing engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, manufacturing engineering graduates from BYU carry an average student debtload of $17,226.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, BYU also did well on our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Manufacturing Engineering at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year.

Mines also made our Best Manufacturing Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Manufacturing Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Best Manufacturing Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best manufacturing engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 14
Utah 45

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Manufacturing 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 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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