2024 Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Colorado
2Colleges
96,710Bachelor's Degrees
$30,325Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Value General Engineering School for You
In 2021-2022, 96,710 bachelor's degrees were awarded to general engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #98 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.8% of all the engineering bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Colorado ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. We are more focused on engineering schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Value Engineering Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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2024 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Colorado
The colleges and universities below are the best for the money for engineering majors.
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado
University of Colorado Boulder landed the #1 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value general engineering schools. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a very large student population. CU - Boulder did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Engineering Schools in Colorado list.
It takes the average student at CU - Boulder about 4.4 years to graduate, and it costs about $39,941 per year to attend the school. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the CU - Boulder is $174,942. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Fort Lewis College landed the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value general engineering schools. FLC is a small public school located in the town of Durango. FLC also took the #6 spot in our Best General Engineering Schools in Colorado rankings.
It takes about 4.4 years for the average student at FLC to complete their degree, and it costs about $20,708 per year to attend the school. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the FLC is $90,701. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
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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