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2023 Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa

4 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Industrial Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the most popular school for industrial engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average amount in student loans that IE majors at Iowa State take out is $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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

While working on their degree, IE majors at Iowa accumulate an average of around $23,712 in student debt. 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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#3

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Ambrose University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa list. St. Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Davenport.

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#4

William Penn University

Oskaloosa, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Penn University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools in Iowa list. William Penn University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Oskaloosa.

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Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Industrial Engineering Schools 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 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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