2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,187 people earned their degree in civil engineering technology, making the major the 237th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $54,421 and had an average of $25,812 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 50 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,984 and $27,613 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 civil engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering technology. To top this list, a school must have a successful civil engineering technology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado

$59,154 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,875 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Full MSU Denver Civil Engineering Technology Report

2

Colorado State University - Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado

$62,814 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,350 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Colorado State University - Pueblo

3

Montana State University - Northern
Havre, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. Montana State University - Northern is a small school located in Havre, Montana that handed out 3 bachelors’s civil engineering tech degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Civil Engineering Technology at Montana State University - Northern

4

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Civil Engineering Tech Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering Technology at Idaho State University

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering Technology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sean Mack.