2025 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #4 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 263 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of 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 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 engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Colorado

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

Top Colorado Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

96 Annual Graduates

Colorado School of Mines is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Colorado School of Mines

2

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

104 Annual Graduates

University of Colorado Boulder is a great choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in engineering. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

Best Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	24	116
Montana	15	9
Idaho	15	41
Wyoming	12	28

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	45
Electrical Engineering	34
Civil Engineering	33
Chemical Engineering	30
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	22
Materials Engineering	22
Systems Engineering	17
Biomedical Engineering	12
Metallurgical Engineering	10
Geoscience Engineering	10

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	191
Physical Sciences	172
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	160
Mathematics & Statistics	39
Natural Resources & Conservation	14
Engineering Technologies	4
Architecture & Related Services	1

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.