2024 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

If you pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #27 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 31 doctor's degrees in chemical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on chemical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of chemical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized chemical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for chemical engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemical Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Colorado

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in chemical engineering.

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Chem Eng

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Colorado School of Mines if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Mines is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in chemical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	144	16
Idaho	57	3
Montana	47	3
Wyoming	36	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng

Chemical Engineering is one of 2 different types of Chemical Engineering programs to choose from.

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 Mikulova. More about our data sources and methodologies.