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2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,874 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biomedical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 62 degrees and certificates were awarded to biomedical engineering students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #41 most popular major in the state.

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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best value experiences for bio engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Biomedical Engineering Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for bio engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Biomedical Engineering

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for biomedical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $9,634 a year.

Full Biomedical Engineering at Iowa State University Report

#2

University of Iowa

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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for biomedical engineering students. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Biomedical Engineering Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Biomedical Engineering at University of Iowa

Best Value Biomedical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 46
Minnesota 100
Kansas 21
North Dakota 6
South Dakota 14

One of 39 majors within the area of study, biomedical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 UC Davis College of Engineering.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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