2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Master'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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree 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.
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Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montana Technological University is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montana Tech are $19,429 per year.
Montana Tech also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.
CU Anschutz graduate students pay an average of $24,342 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very 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.
Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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Colorado School of Mines landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree engineering programs. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mines are $40,844 per year.
Mines not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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University of Colorado Boulder ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, CU - Boulder is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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University of Idaho did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.
U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best engineering schools 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 13 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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