Colorado Springs, CO (population: 388,306) has five engineering schools within its city limits. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the highest ranked school in the city with an engineering program, has a total student population of 9,733. It is the 426th highest ranked school in the USA and the 6th highest in the state of Colorado (#1 is Colorado College). To learn more about engineering programs in Colorado Springs, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of engineering professors at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs such as Julie Albertson, Ken Cox, Ramaswami Dandapani, Richard Kwor, Matt Laubhan, and Gregg Pauls.
Engineering students from Colorado Springs schools who go on to become engineers, audio engineers, aerospace engineers, automotive engineers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,412,730 people working as architecture and engineering employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $73,590. Also, Aerospace engineers make on average $96,270 per year and there are about 70,570 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Colorado Springs area alone, there are 620 employed aerospace engineers earning an average salary of $99,500. Architecture and engineering employees in this area earn $77,610/yr and there are 7,370 employed.
Colorado Springs lies in El Paso county, which is one of the 55 counties in Colorado. Overall, the Colorado Springs area has 246,560 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $21/hr average worker wage, and a $43,790 average annual salary. Thus, about 30 out of every 1000 jobs in Colorado Springs are held by architecture and engineering employees, and 3/1000 are held by aerospace engineers.
Of the 5 engineering schools in Colorado Springs, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Intellitec College-Colorado Springs comes out as the most expensive ($34,290/yr) for engineering students, with Pikes Peak Community College as the lowest, reported at only $9,506/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Colorado Springs |
| Castle Rock | CO | 49,815 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.3 miles |
| Pueblo | CO | 107,496 | 2 | 15.7548 | 107 | 41.5 miles |
| Parker | CO | 47,600 | 0 | - | 0 | 45.0 miles |
| Lone Tree | CO | - | 1 | 9.20591 | 39 | 47.3 miles |
| Highlands Ranch | CO | 129,817 | 0 | - | 0 | 49.0 miles |
| Greenwood Village | CO | - | 2 | 15.5036 | 87 | 53.4 miles |
| Aurora | CO | 334,924 | 11 | 27.59 | 204 | 58.8 miles |
| Lakewood | CO | 142,294 | 13 | 20.2254 | 326 | 61.1 miles |
| Denver | CO | 609,651 | 24 | 21.7296 | 554 | 63.2 miles |
| Commerce City | CO | 46,807 | 0 | - | 0 | 70.1 miles |
| Thornton | CO | 120,487 | 4 | 21.9949 | 44 | 72.0 miles |
| Westminster | CO | 109,334 | 7 | 21.6728 | 184 | 72.2 miles |
| Boulder | CO | 95,721 | 5 | 25.2105 | 131 | 85.1 miles |
| Longmont | CO | 88,962 | 0 | - | 0 | 92.5 miles |