A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Schools in Utah ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,188 degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Schools in Utah list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
Brigham Young University - Provo is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in engineering. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 643 engineering students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the engineering degree program at Brigham Young University - Provo make $3,197 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Every student who is interested in engineering has to check out University of Utah. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #151 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 773 engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program make around $65,881 in the first couple years of working.
It is difficult to beat Utah State University if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering. USU is a very large public university located in the city of Logan. This university ranks 5th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 399 engineering students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the engineering program report average early career wages of $61,216.
It is hard to beat Utah Valley University if you wish to pursue a degree in engineering. UVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Orem. This university ranks 4th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 144 engineering students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the engineering major at Utah Valley University get $13,829 more than the standard graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).