by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 471 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,025 and $23,481 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’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 Montana Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Montana Tech is a small school located in Butte, Montana that handed out 12 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students 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%.
Read full report on General Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 67 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CU - Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 61 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
Full University of Colorado Boulder General Engineering Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 14 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Colorado School of Mines landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Golden, Colorado, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about General Engineering at Colorado School of Mines
Montana State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 2 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Denver landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Denver is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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