College Rankings

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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 a survey of 189 engineering schools that grant doctoral degrees.
    Note: Specialty rankings are not available in all disciplines at the undergraduate level, and not all disciplines are ranked every year.

• 34th overall and 19th among public engineering programs nationwide (America's Best Colleges 2010)

Graduate Engineering Programs

• 40th overall and 22nd among public engineering programs nationwide (Best Graduate Schools 2010)

Specialty Rankings

Aerospace Engineering
(among 55 schools surveyed)

• 16th overall and 11th among public undergraduate programs (2010)
• 12th overall and 7th among public graduate programs (2010)

Chemical Engineering
(among 125 schools surveyed)

• 19th overall and 10th among public graduate programs (2010)

Civil Engineering
(among 143 schools surveyed)

• 25th overall and 16th among public graduate programs (2010)

Computer Engineering
(among 142 schools surveyed)

• 33rd overall and 19th among public graduate programs (2010)

Computer Science
(among 150 schools surveyed)

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

Electrical Engineering
(among 170 schools surveyed)

• 36th overall and 21st among public graduate programs (2010)

Environmental Engineering
(among 94 schools surveyed)

• 18th overall and 11th among public undergraduate programs (2010)
• 21st overall and 14th among public graduate programs (2010)

Mechanical Engineering
(among 164 schools surveyed)

• 32nd overall and 18th among public graduate programs (2010)

Did You Know...

The American Institute of Economic Research ranked Boulder the No. 1 small city on its College Destinations Index for 2009-10.

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.

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

Colorado's 2009 Economic Development Databook  indicates the state ranks third in the nation for its concentration of high-tech workers, the percent of its adult population with a college degree, its economic dynamism, and its number of new companies per 1,000 workers.

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.