by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa” ranking.
Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.
Across Iowa, there were 264 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,097 and $26,563 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 185 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in civil engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in civil engineering.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa list. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 13 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 126 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #3 spot on the list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 46 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Penn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Iowa list. William Penn University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It awarded 0 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
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