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2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 18 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemical engineering students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #85 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value programs for chem eng students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa

Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemical Engineering

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for chemical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a fairly 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 Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University Report

#2

University of Iowa

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

The excellent programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best chemical engineering schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa is ranked #3 for overall quality for chem eng in Iowa.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Iowa

Best Value Chemical Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 65
Minnesota 32
Kansas 11
Nebraska 2
North Dakota 5
South Dakota 11

Chemical Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

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 Mikulova.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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