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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$22,556 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree 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.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Engineering Technologies

Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Idaho the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU - I are $4,536 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU - I is ranked #3 for overall quality for engineering tech in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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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 Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,830 in tuition and fees each year.

UVU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Pueblo is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $16,324 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo also did well on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,084 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Idaho State University is a great value for engineering technologies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a large student population.

ISU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,936 in tuition and fees each year.

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Montana State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Bozeman are $29,604 a year.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering technologies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

MSU Denver undergraduate students pay an average of $28,092 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Mesa are $23,019 a year.

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Best Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

Explore the best engineering technologies schools 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 8 schools only.

  • 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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