2024 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Ranked #27 in popularity, electrical engineering is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 12 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of electrical engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 256 master's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of electrical engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality ee program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on electrical engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other electrical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for electrical engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for electrical engineering students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The ee school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Electrical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in electrical engineering.

10 Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Master's in EE

1

University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO

102 Annual Graduates

$98,654 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in electrical engineering has to take a look at University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder.

Master's recipients from the electrical engineering major at University of Colorado Boulder earn $7,674 above the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Colorado Boulder

2

Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

19 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in electrical engineering has to check out Colorado School of Mines. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Colorado School of Mines

3

Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

21 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in electrical engineering needs to check out Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

4

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

34 Annual Graduates

$83,307 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in electrical engineering needs to take a look at University of Utah. U of U is a very large public university located in the city of Salt Lake City.

After graduation, ee master's recipients generally earn about $83,307 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Utah

5

University of Denver
Denver, CO

4 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Denver

6

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID

20 Annual Graduates

U of I is a large public university located in the distant town of Moscow.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Idaho

7

University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY

8 Annual Graduates

UW is a fairly large public university located in the town of Laramie.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Wyoming

8

Utah State University
Logan, UT

11 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Utah State University

9

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

5 Annual Graduates

MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Bozeman.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Montana State University

10

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

13 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	170
Utah	164	50
Idaho	96	21
Montana	90	7
Wyoming	53	8

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Electrical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	232
Telecommunications Engineering	24

Most Popular Majors Related to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	304
Civil Engineering	238
General Engineering	192
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	157
Biomedical Engineering	71
Systems Engineering	56
Chemical Engineering	55
Computer Engineering	53
Environmental Engineering	35
Materials Engineering	34

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.