2024 Best Chemical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
8Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
751Chem Eng Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #64 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for chemical engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 751 degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of chemical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Chemical Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.
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Best Schools for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the chem eng degree levels they offer.
Colorado School of Mines is a great option for students interested in a degree in chemical engineering. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #48 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were approximately 154 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you want to pursue a degree in chemical engineering. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 117 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in chemical engineering has to look into University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 89 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in chemical engineering. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the city of Fort Collins. This university ranks 4th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 109 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year.
CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #115 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were approximately 114 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Bozeman. This university ranks 1st out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Montana.
There were approximately 92 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at MSU Bozeman in the most recent data year.
U of I is a fairly large public university located in the town of Moscow. This university ranks 1st out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 28 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
UW is a large public university located in the remote town of Laramie. This university ranks 1st out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were roughly 41 chemical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of chemical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Chemical Engineering School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
