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2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s

8 Ranked Colleges
628 Degrees Awarded
$61,653 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical Engineering is the 70th most popular major in the country with 12,917 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $65,870 and had an average of $23,285 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 752 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,653 and $22,517 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 628 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular chemical engineering programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree chem eng students.

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Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at Mines

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Chemical Engineering Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fort Collins, Colorado, this large public school handed out 105 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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%.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at Colorado State

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Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

Out of the 8 schools in the Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 86 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at MSU Bozeman

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 72 bachelors’s chem eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, 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 89%.

Full University of Utah Chemical Engineering Report

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University of Colorado Boulder came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, 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%.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder

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University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

University of Wyoming did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chem eng degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Chemical Engineering at UW

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University of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho

University of Idaho came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Chem Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Moscow, Idaho, this fairly large public school awarded 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chem eng students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Idaho Chemical Engineering Report

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