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2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$28,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Engineering is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 9,411 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 398 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UCCS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774.

Full UCCS General Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in Butte, Montana, and it awarded 2 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Montana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Tech are $19,429, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at Montana Tech

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full CU Anschutz General Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 73 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k list, Colorado State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Engineering at Colorado State

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Montana State University General Engineering Report

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#3 in overall quality

University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k ranking. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Engineering at University of Denver

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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