If you plan on majoring in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #50 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of civil engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 532 degrees in civil engineering annually.
The civil eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Civil Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The civil eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Civil Engineering Schools in Colorado.
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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 civil eng degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in civil engineering has to take a look at Colorado School of Mines. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden. A Best Colleges rank of #87 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were approximately 120 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn an average of $71,662 for their early career.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in civil engineering. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 159 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the civil engineering program at Colorado State University - Fort Collins make $3,150 more than the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in civil engineering needs to check out University of Colorado Boulder. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were about 133 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent data year. Those civil engineering students who get their degree from University of Colorado Boulder make $3,067 more than the average civil eng student.
It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you want to pursue a degree in civil engineering. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver. This university ranks 14th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 72 civil engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the civil eng program report average early career earnings of $72,362.
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).
The civil eng program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Civil Engineering rankings. We derive our Best Overall Civil Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
