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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,942 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

General Engineering is the #155 most popular major in Iowa with 31 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the engineering programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best General Engineering School

#1

University of Iowa

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best value school in Iowa for general engineering students. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa are $9,942 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa also is in the top 20% of our Best General Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking.

Read full report on General Engineering at University of Iowa

Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 160
Minnesota 183
Kansas 36
Nebraska 71
North Dakota 6
South Dakota 17

General 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
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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