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2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

6 Ranked Colleges
210 Degrees Awarded
$34,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 1,330 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,363 and $24,691 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that 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 mechanical engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in Colorado

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 13 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. UCCS is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 5 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k. CU - Boulder is a large school located in Boulder, Colorado that handed out 94 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CU - Boulder Mechanical Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 33 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Colorado State Mechanical Engineering Report

#5

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado School of Mines. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k list. Mines is a medium-sized school located in Golden, Colorado that handed out 56 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

Mines did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Mines Mechanical Engineering Report

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making Over $110k ranking. DU is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Denver Mechanical Engineering Report

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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%.

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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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