If you plan on majoring in chemical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #70 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 189 degrees in chemical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of chem eng degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.
Degree recipients from the chemical engineering major at Iowa State University get $2,796 more than the average graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Every student pursuing a degree in chemical engineering needs to take a look at University of Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the chem eng program earn an average of $64,942 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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