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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$17,722 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,958 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 264 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, civil engineering is the #41 most popular major in Iowa.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for civil engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $9,634 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, civil eng graduates from Iowa State carry an average student debtload of $24,498. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $183, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $709, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Full Civil Engineering at University of Iowa Report

#3

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Dordt University is a great value for civil engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Sioux Center.

Dordt undergraduate students pay an average of $33,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Civil Engineering at Dordt University

Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 322
Minnesota 201
Kansas 150
Nebraska 130
North Dakota 123
South Dakota 110

One of 40 majors within the area of study, civil engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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