2024 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado
a master's degree in
general engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #59 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 178 master's degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Master's Degree
The engineering master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. 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 general engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general 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 general 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 general engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools
The engineering 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 General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Colorado.
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