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2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
235 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,258 people earned their degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering, making the major the 63rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 302 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 235 bioengineering and biomedical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent bioengineering and biomedical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the bioengineering and biomedical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Utah is $11,511 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Utah Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, Colorado State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,831 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Colorado State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $11,584 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full CU Anschutz Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Report

#4

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #4 spot on the list. Colorado School of Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees to qualified students.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mines is $17,276 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Colorado School of Mines Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Report

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Bioengineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s bioengineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $15,706 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Bioengineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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