2024 Best Architectural Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering sits in the middle of the road, ranking #180 out of 363 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of architectural engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 bachelor's degrees in architectural engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on architectural engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other architectural engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt architectural engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized architectural engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for architectural engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The architectural engineering 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 Architectural Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Architectural Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Architectural Engineering

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

34 Annual Graduates

$63,737 Median Starting Salary

$15,165 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering needs to check out University of Colorado Boulder. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, architectural engineering bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $63,737 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in architectural engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

15 Annual Graduates

University of Wyoming is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in architectural engineering from University of Wyoming

Best Architectural Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best architectural engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	190	34
Wyoming	70	15

View All Rankings >

Rankings in Majors Related to Architectural Engineering

Architectural Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Architectural Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Engineering	49

Majors Similar to Architectural Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	2,007
Civil Engineering	790
Electrical Engineering	680
Chemical Engineering	628
Computer Engineering	315
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	287
Biomedical Engineering	213
Environmental Engineering	129
Petroleum Engineering	125
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	109

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.