2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Engineering
Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.
Mines also made our Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #1.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at DU are $53,943 a year.
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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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| 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 5 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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