2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

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Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 1,597 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,964 and $25,560 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#2

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$39,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #2 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 36 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Mines

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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