2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

A doctor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #62 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the most popular for aerospace and aeronautical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 21 doctor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for aerospace and aeronautical engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for Aerospace Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

19 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In CO

#1 Best Quality In CO

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Colorado Boulder if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Colorado.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the aerospace engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $88,200.

More information about a doctorate in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Utah State University
Logan, UT

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In UT

#1 Best Quality In UT

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Utah State University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in aerospace and aeronautical engineering. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in aerospace and aeronautical engineering in Utah. More information about a doctorate in aerospace and aeronautical engineering from Utah State University

Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the most popular aerospace and aeronautical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	115	18
Utah	91	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering is one of 40 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Aerospace Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	21

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	86
Mechanical Engineering	69
Civil Engineering	65
Chemical Engineering	52
Petroleum Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	19
General Engineering	17
Geoscience Engineering	16
Metallurgical Engineering	16
Biomedical Engineering	15

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ian3055. More about our data sources and methodologies.