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2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

5 Ranked Colleges
210 Degrees Awarded
$35,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master's in Colorado

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States.

Across Colorado, there were 1,330 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Colorado

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

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 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. CU - Boulder is a large public school situated in Boulder, Colorado. It awarded 94 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980.

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#3

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. Mines is a public institution located in Golden, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Colorado. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 9 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

DU also made our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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