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2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa

2 Colleges
$77,812 Avg Salary
$23,731 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering School for You

With 240 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, industrial engineering is the #46 most popular major in Iowa.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa

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

Top Iowa Schools in Industrial Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best school in Iowa for industrial engineering students. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.

After completing their degree, IE graduates from Iowa State carry an average student debtload of $23,750. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $460.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

IE majors at Iowa take out an average of $23,712 in student loans while working on their egree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $384.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 55
Minnesota 130
Kansas 194
Nebraska 0
North Dakota 32
South Dakota 56

Industrial 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 averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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