2027 Best Industrial Design Schools in Iowa
Industrial Design is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. The schools below stand out for the quality of their industrial design programs.
To produce this 2027 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools to find the best for industrial design students.
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Best Schools for Industrial Design 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 design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Industrial Design
Leading the list is Iowa State University, our #1 school for industrial design. 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 25 industrial design degrees in the most recent data year. Industrial Design graduates of Iowa State University earn a median of $36,634 early in their careers. Typical student debt for the program is $27,000.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, 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.
