by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 8,480 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Colorado, there were 206 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,487 and $23,673 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree engineering students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado list. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado list. This large school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, United States Air Force Academy landed the #3 spot on the list. USAFA is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado list. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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