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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering-Related Fields (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
8 Degrees Awarded
$25,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,319 people earned their degree in engineering-related fields, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering-related fields graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $73,026 and had an average of $26,903 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 118 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,900 and $25,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 engineering-related fields graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering-related fields programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering-related fields program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering-Related Fields Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 8 masters’s engineering-related fields degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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