2025 Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Ranked #13 in popularity, electrical engineering is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 65 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on electrical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of electrical engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt electrical engineering students go into to obtain their doctor'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 electrical engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The ee 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 Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Doctorate in EE

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

22 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Colorado Boulder if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

19 Annual Graduates

University of Utah is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from University of Utah

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	123	38
Utah	104	20
Idaho	47	4
Montana	37	1
Wyoming	32	3

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	65

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	89
Civil Engineering	59
Chemical Engineering	58
Materials Engineering	29
Biomedical Engineering	27
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	26
Systems Engineering	17
Metallurgical Engineering	15
Petroleum Engineering	15
Nuclear Engineering	12

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 NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.