2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering 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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which 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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2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Colleges.
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Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from BYU carry an average student debtload of $12,730.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, BYU also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The excellent programs at Montana Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Butte, Montana Tech is a public school with a small student population.
Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $22,509 in tuition and fees each year. On average, engineering graduates from Montana Tech take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Montana Tech also did well on our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
The excellent programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from UW carry an average student debtload of $26,511.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,092 per year. On average, engineering graduates from UVU take out $13,750 in student loans while working on their degree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UVU also did well on our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $16,644 per year. After completing their degree, engineering graduates from WSU carry an average student debtload of $12,407.
Colorado School of Mines did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for engineering students. It came in at #6 on the list. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mines are $40,838 per year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at Mines take out is $25,267. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $553.
Mines also took the #2 spot in our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year. Engineering majors at U of U take out an average of $21,738 in student loans while working on their egree.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, U of U also did well on our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value engineering programs. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $26,376 per year. While working on their degree, engineering majors at CU Anschutz accumulate an average of around $32,057 in student debt.
CU Anschutz excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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With a ranking of #9, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students. 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. Engineering majors at Colorado State take out an average of $26,269 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $325.
Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for engineering students. It came in at #10 on the list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.
UCCS undergraduate students pay an average of $22,270 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at UCCS take out is $21,858. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $471, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
Best Engineering Colleges by State
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 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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