2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor'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 Doctor'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 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU also made our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
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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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Colorado School of Mines helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.
Mines graduate students pay an average of $40,844 in tuition and fees each year.
Mines did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
CU Anschutz also took the #3 spot in our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a 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 in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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University of Idaho landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree engineering programs. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.
Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Colorado Boulder ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.
Utah State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USU are $23,225 a year.
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 11 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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