Computer Engineering at University of Iowa

If you are interested in studying computer engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Iowa. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and approximately 30,318 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 45 CE majors received their bachelor's degree from Iowa.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Iowa Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE
• Doctorate Degree in CE

Iowa Computer Engineering Rankings

The CE major at Iowa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in CE from Iowa. This makes it the #50 most popular school for CE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in CE, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at Iowa

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CE majors at University of Iowa.

Iowa Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 45 CE students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Iowa, about 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in CE at Iowa are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a bachelor's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Iowa Computer Engineering Master’s Program

The CE program at Iowa awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 82% of these degrees went to men with the other 18% going to women.

In the CE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Iowa with a master's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Iowa also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 9 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for University of Iowa.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Software Applications Developers	6,990	$88,570
Systems Software Developers	2,650	$91,920
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,120	$119,230
Computer Network Architects	1,240	$119,590
Engineering Professors	570	$116,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By KMSatoh202 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.