2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 198,468 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, engineering is the #7 most popular major in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Top 10 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU - I are $4,416 a year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Brigham Young University - Provo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, BYU also did well on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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 Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Montana Tech are $22,509 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Montana Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW are $16,957 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,092 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mines are $40,838 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mines is ranked #4 for overall quality for engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region .
Weber State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.
WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,644 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.
CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Utah landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.
U of U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the 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.
Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Best Engineering Colleges by State
Explore the best engineering colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 4,398 |
| Utah | 2,169 |
| Montana | 700 |
| Idaho | 877 |
| Wyoming | 327 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
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Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
| Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
| Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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).
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