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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,553 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 112th most popular in the United States. In , engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $77,404 and had an average of $26,058 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 167 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,643 and $15,950 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering-related fields. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their engineering-related fields program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 39 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Colorado School of Mines Engineering-Related Fields Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering-Related Fields Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering-related fields students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
