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Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$10,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,554 Avg Salary

In 2021-2022, 101 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering-related fields students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $10,133 a year. The average amount in student loans that engineering-related fields majors at Iowa State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,336. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $404, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa State is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering-related fields in Iowa.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 66
Missouri 105
Minnesota 1
South Dakota 10
North Dakota 1

One of 18 majors within the trade school area of study, engineering-related fields has other similar majors worth exploring.

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial & Management Engineering 5,903
Packaging Science 378
Other Engineering-Related Fields 152
Engineering Design 120

Related Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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