2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Engineering is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,932 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $68,762 and had an average of $25,829 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 91 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,500 and $33,464 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great computer engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s CE degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also made our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Colorado State Computer Engineering Report

#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CE Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s CE students in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899.

Full University of Denver Computer Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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