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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,722 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 189 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #61 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value programs for chem eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, chem eng graduates from Iowa State take out $22,464 in student loans while working on their degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $159.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year. Chem Eng majors at Iowa take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa list.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Iowa Report

#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA
$33,590 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Dordt University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Iowa. Located in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dordt are $33,590 a year.

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Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 249
Minnesota 191
Kansas 131
Nebraska 37
North Dakota 45
South Dakota 42

Chemical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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