A degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #7 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,616 degrees in engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the engineering degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in engineering needs to take a look at Iowa State University. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 1913 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available. Those engineering students who get their degree from Iowa State University make $3,162 more than the standard engineering student.
University of Iowa is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in engineering. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 577 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the engineering program make an average of $63,571 for their early career.
Dordt University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in engineering. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Sioux Center. This university ranks 8th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 53 engineering students who graduated with this degree at Dordt in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the engineering program earn an average of $61,563 in the first couple years of working.
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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The engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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