Fact Sheet

CU engineers crossed disciplines to develop a haptic interface that allows users to see, feel, and interact with multi-dimensional data sets.
Drinking water treatment processes are an area of research by civil and environmental engineers.
Aerospace engineering students prepare their Tornado Chaser aircraft for a test flight.

College Rankings

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU-Boulder is a Tier One professional school—one of the top-ranked engineering schools in the nation. The following rankings, published annually by U.S. News and World Report, are based on surveys of more than 190 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees. Specialty rankings are not available in all disciplines at the undergraduate level, however, and not all disciplines are ranked every year.

• 35th overall and 20th among public engineering programs nationwide (America's Best Colleges 2009) - See our ad in the USNWR Best Colleges 2008 issue

Graduate Engineering Programs

• 39th overall and 23rd among public engineering programs nationwide (Best Graduate Schools 2009)

Specialty Rankings

Aerospace Engineering

• 16th overall and 11th among public undergraduate programs (2009)
• 15th overall and 10th among public graduate programs (2009)

Chemical Engineering

• 19th overall and 10th among public graduate programs (2009)

Civil Engineering

• 24th overall and 15th among public graduate programs (2009)

Computer Engineering

• 29th overall and 15th among public graduate programs (2009)

Computer Science

• 39th overall and 23rd among public graduate programs (2009)

Electrical Engineering

• 37th overall and 21st among public graduate programs (2009)

Environmental Engineering

• 19th overall and 12th among public graduate programs (2009)

Mechanical Engineering

• 35th overall and 19th among public graduate programs (2009)

Did You Know...

The 2008 Fiske Guide to Colleges rates the University of Colorado as a "Best Buy" for offering remarkable educational opportunities at a relatively modest cost.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks the University of Colorado among the nation’s top 100 values in higher education.

The Economist published a survey ranking the University of Colorado at Boulder the 11th best public academic university in the world and the 34th best academic university globally.

CU-Boulder was ranked 4th in a review of the 50 most architecturally successful campuses in the country in The Campus as a Work of Art by Thomas Gaines.

Boulder County was recently ranked one of the best places in the country for small businesses. As the state's flagship campus, CU-Boulder is an integral player in the entrepreneurial environment, spinning off new technologies into start-up businesses, collaborating on research with industry professionals, and placing students in internships and jobs with many successful companies.

Colorado ranked second in the U.S. in total private-sector aerospace employment in 2007, and first in the nation for aerospace employment concentration. For more information, see the Colorado Data Book report on technology sectors.

Salary Information

Career Services' Engineering Fast Facts includes average salary information and the job outlook for each of the engineering majors. For more information, visit the independent website www.engineersalary.com.