2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 164th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 130 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent systems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree systems engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

$39,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. Golden, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Mines also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800.

Full Mines Systems Engineering Report

#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado State Systems Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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