2025 Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

a master's degree in chemical engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #85 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 master's degrees in chemical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 master'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt chemical engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 schools for chemical engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Chemical Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Chemical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Chemical Engineering in Colorado

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

Top Colorado Schools for a Master's in Chem Eng

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

25 Annual Graduates

Colorado School of Mines is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in chemical engineering. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.More information about a master’s in chemical engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

20 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in chemical engineering. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s 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	164	11
Idaho	96	6
Montana	90	3
Wyoming	53	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng

Chemical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Chem Eng Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Chemical Engineering	47

Majors Similar to Chem Eng

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	317
Mechanical Engineering	205
General Engineering	193
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	157
Civil Engineering	104
Systems Engineering	83
Biomedical Engineering	41
Environmental Engineering	33
Geoscience Engineering	27
Materials Engineering	25

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.