2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Colorado (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality systems 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 systems 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 Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree systems engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering 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.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s systems engineering students in 2019-2020.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Mines Systems Engineering Report

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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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