2027 Best Industrial & Management Engineering Schools in Iowa
Industrial & Management Engineering degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for industrial & management engineering students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Industrial & Management Engineering in Iowa
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the industrial & management engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Industrial & Management Engineering
Leading the list is Iowa State University, our #1 school for industrial & management engineering. Iowa State University is a very large public school located in the city of Ames. About 75% of students finish within six years. Iowa State University awarded about 77 industrial & management engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Graduates of the industrial & management engineering program make about $62,416 in their early career. Iowa State University graduates carry a median of $25,236 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.