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2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

6 Ranked Colleges
288 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor's in Colorado

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 505 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 288 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,261 and $25,672 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Colorado

#3 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 #1 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 56 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. It costs about $18,668 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Colorado State Electrical Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is $15,358 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our colorado bachelor’s degree ee students list, CU - Boulder has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CU - Boulder is $21,680 for colorado bachelor’s degree ee students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at CU - Boulder

#4

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mines is $26,750 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Mines Electrical Engineering Report

#5

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCCS, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is $16,486 for colorado bachelor’s degree ee students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Denver did quite well on the 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Colorado list. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 7 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Denver is $32,361 for Colorado Bachelor’s Degree EE students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at DU

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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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