Best Colleges in the Mountain West

Best Colleges in the Mountain West, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Region: Census Mountain division. Included states / district: AZ CO ID MT NV NM UT WY. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. “Best” on this page means highest reported earnings, not an overall quality score. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 54 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 2Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona77%1250$40k$84k68%3,218222 mi 3Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 4Regis UniversityDenver, Colorado86%1220$18k$72k61%2,627746 mi 5University of DenverDenver, Colorado78%1355$36k$71k76%6,025742 mi 6University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 7University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 8Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado18%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 9University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado75%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 10Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 11Carroll CollegeHelena, Montana71%1200$24k$62k69%1,092485 mi 12University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada74%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 13Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado89%—$21k$61k67%25,538775 mi 14University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona86%1246$17k$60k68%42,537144 mi 15University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 16Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado95%1120$10k$56k40%3,042688 mi 17University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada96%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 18University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho76%1116$15k$55k57%7,747254 mi 19University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado97%1133$16k$55k47%8,697708 mi 20Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona90%—$14k$54k61%22,903278 mi 21Montana Technological UniversityButte, Montana91%1126$16k$54k58%1,480472 mi 22Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah92%1187$15k$54k59%20,272572 mi 23Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana82%1183$22k$53k57%14,451548 mi 24Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada87%—$14k$53k34%3,762234 mi 25University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado86%1082$18k$52k51%5,598766 mi 26Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado99%1019$15k$52k32%15,002745 mi 27Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, Idaho65%1130$30k$52k71%1,024371 mi 28Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho87%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 29Arizona Christian UniversityGlendale, Arizona71%—$33k$52k40%1,165170 mi 30Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado——$30k$50k64%5,549740 mi 31Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah82%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 32The College of IdahoCaldwell, Idaho49%1180$19k$48k63%1,041363 mi 33Western Colorado UniversityGunnison, Colorado100%1230$16k$47k51%1,586616 mi 34Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado77%1111$17k$46k36%3,079515 mi 35Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, Idaho88%—$16k$46k40%2,385259 mi 36New Mexico Highlands UniversityLas Vegas, New Mexico——$15k$46k26%1,451546 mi 37Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho——$12k$46k39%7,583573 mi 38University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico95%1038$15k$45k55%17,244460 mi 39The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana96%1190$17k$45k48%7,488392 mi 40Adams State UniversityAlamosa, Colorado——$13k$44k39%1,250597 mi 41Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana——$17k$44k30%2,626662 mi 42The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana100%—$17k$43k51%1,198486 mi 43Rocky Mountain College of Art and DesignLakewood, Colorado——$32k$43k32%2,050742 mi 44Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona79%1077$22k$42k43%73,371165 mi 45Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico——$9k$39k32%2,026301 mi 46New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico89%1011$9k$39k55%11,946378 mi 47Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico92%964$5k$39k45%3,357545 mi 48University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona——$14k$38k21%85,991163 mi 49Colorado Technical University-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado——$17k$37k19%28,086706 mi 50The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 51Arizona College of Nursing-PhoenixPhoenix, Arizona100%—$37k$35k—1,229173 mi 52Arizona College of Nursing-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada100%—$31k$35k82%1,222226 mi 53Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, Arizona100%—$32k$35k89%1,202164 mi 54Nightingale CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah——$31k$27k21%5,986545 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.