2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Iowa

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in general mechanical engineering, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 607 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Mechanical Engineering in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Mechanical Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large school located in Iowa City, Iowa that handed out 5 masters’s general mechanical engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Mechanical Engineering at Iowa

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Notes and References

References

• 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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