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2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Utah

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,954 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,849 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Utah. With 2,169 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Engineering Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Utah 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Colleges.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at BYU take out is $12,730.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering in Utah.

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$6,010 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Utah list. UVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Orem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $6,010 per year. Engineering majors at UVU take out an average of $13,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

UVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Engineering Schools in Utah list.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Utah list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $8,893 per year. While working on their degree, engineering majors at U of U accumulate an average of around $21,738 in student debt.

U of U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Engineering Schools in Utah list.

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$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for engineering students. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USU are $8,960 a year. The average amount in student loans that engineering majors at USU take out is $13,311.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 4,398
Montana 700
Idaho 877
Wyoming 327

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

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 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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