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Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

10 Colleges
$59,518 Avg Salary
$21,127 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies School for You

In 2021-2022, 84,036 engineering technologies students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Engineering Technologies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering technologies students. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 3 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo.

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#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public college with a large student population.

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#5

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Front Range Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

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Weber State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Montana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for engineering technologies students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #8 on this year’s Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

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#9

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

With a ranking of #9, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best schools for engineering technologies students. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

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College of Western Idaho came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 60
Colorado 1,326
Utah 729
Montana 160
Idaho 551

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

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