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2024 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado

6 Colleges in Colorado
513 EE Degrees Awarded
$74,476 Avg Early-Career Salary
Electrical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #39 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of electrical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 513 degrees in electrical engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School

Best Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado Your choice of electrical engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for electrical engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Electrical Engineering Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in EE
Master's Degrees in EE
Doctor's Degrees in EE

The ee 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 Electrical Engineering Schools in Colorado. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Electrical Engineering in Colorado

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ee degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Colorado Schools in EE

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
117 EE Degrees Awarded
12.0% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering needs to look into Colorado School of Mines. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #48 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.

There were roughly 117 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the ee program make around $72,556 in the first couple years of working.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
160 EE Degrees Awarded
$83,547 Median Starting Salary

University of Colorado Boulder is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in electrical engineering. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public university located in the 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 160 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available. Electrical Engineering degree recipients from University of Colorado Boulder get an earnings boost of around $9,071 over the typical earnings of electrical engineering majors.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
106 EE Degrees Awarded
20.8% Growth in Graduates

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in electrical engineering. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. This university ranks 4th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were about 106 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, ee degree recipients generally make an average of $68,629 in the first five years of their career.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In CO

Any student who is interested in electrical engineering needs to look into University of Denver. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #126 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.

There were about 21 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
73 EE Degrees Awarded
19.2% Growth in Graduates

Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were approximately 73 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the ee program state that they receive average early career wages of $70,065.

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6
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
$68,511 Median Starting Salary
$24,500 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 33 schools for overall quality in the state of Colorado.

There were roughly 29 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UCCS in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, ee degree recipients usually make around $68,511 in the first five years of their career.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Utah266249
Idaho219148
Montana18869
Wyoming16248

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One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

MajorAnnual Graduates
Electrical Engineering496
Telecommunications Engineering17

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Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering1,148
Civil Engineering532
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering470
Chemical Engineering347
General Engineering270
Systems Engineering195
Environmental Engineering170
Biomedical Engineering138
Computer Engineering127
Geoscience Engineering112

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