by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 471 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,025 and $23,481 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.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fort Lewis College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Northwest Nazarene University 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Engineering at Northwest Nazarene University
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, Montana Technological University landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana Tech is located in Butte, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, 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 85%.
United States Air Force Academy landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. United States Air Force Academy is located in USAF Academy, Colorado and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
Boise State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #7. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 10 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colorado School of Mines did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #8. Colorado School of Mines is located in Golden, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s engineering degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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