by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Colorado, there were 259 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $83,792 and $19,961 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 59 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 Colorado”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Lewis College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado list. This small school is located in Durango, Colorado, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school handed out 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Air Force Academy. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado. Located in USAF Academy, Colorado, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Colorado. Colorado School of Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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