2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 21,388 people earned their degree in civil engineering, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,096 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,512 and $22,743 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular civil engineering programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.

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. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate”.

Top 5 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

1

Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City, Utah

#25 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salt Lake Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s civil eng degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering at Salt Lake Community College

2

Snow College
Ephraim, Utah

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Snow College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ephraim, Utah, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

Full Snow College Civil Engineering Report

3

Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah

#14 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the #3 spot on the list. Utah Valley University is a large public school situated in Orem, Utah. It awarded 8 associates’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Utah Valley University Civil Engineering Report

3

Utah State University
Logan, Utah

#13 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate. Located in Logan, Utah, this large public school handed out 99 degrees to qualified associates’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Civil Engineering at USU

3

College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Civil Eng Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for an Associate list. Twin Falls, Idaho is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s civil eng degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Civil Engineering at College of Southern Idaho

• Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Civil Engineering

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.