by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 383 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree engineering students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Lewis College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Lewis College is a public institution located in Durango, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwest Nazarene University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. NNU is located in Nampa, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Butte, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Montana Technological University General Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Southern Utah University is a public institution located in Cedar City, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at Southern Utah University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 35 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about General Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder
United States Air Force Academy came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. USAFA is a small public school situated in USAF Academy, Colorado. It awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Engineering at United States Air Force Academy
With a ranking of #7, Boise State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Colorado School of Mines did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado School of Mines is a medium-sized public school situated in Golden, Colorado. It awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Utah came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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