2025 Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in international business/trade/commerce, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #69 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for international business/trade/commerce students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 46 bachelor's degrees in international business/trade/commerce to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to international business/trade/commerce students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other international business/trade/commerce students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized international business/trade/commerce related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for international business/trade/commerce students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study International Business/Trade/Commerce in Iowa

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in international business/trade/commerce.

Top Iowa Schools for a Bachelor's in International Business

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

16 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in international business/trade/commerce. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.More information about a bachelor’s in international business/trade/commerce from Iowa State University

2

Drake University
Des Moines, IA

17 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in international business/trade/commerce has to check out Drake University. Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Des Moines.More information about a bachelor’s in international business/trade/commerce from Drake University

Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	102
Minnesota	446	92
Kansas	352	47
Nebraska	331	50
North Dakota	251	20
South Dakota	237	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to International Business

International Business/Trade/Commerce is one of 0 different types of International Business programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Ninaras. More about our data sources and methodologies.