2024 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #102 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for aerospace & aeronautical engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 471 degrees in aerospace & aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

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Pick Your Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the aerospace engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Aerospace Engineering

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

370 Aerospace Engineering Degrees Awarded

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Utah State University
Logan, UT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It is difficult to beat Utah State University if you wish to pursue a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in aerospace & aeronautical engineering from Utah State University

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	8
Colorado	590	463

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

One of 2 majors within the Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering area of study, Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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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More about our data sources and methodologies.