2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,195 people earned their degree in general engineering technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general engineering technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $49,903 and had an average of $20,609 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 17 general engineering technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa Central Community College

Fort Dodge, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$8,734 Average Net Price

$35,113 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa Central Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fort Dodge, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering tech degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa Central Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Technology Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa Central Community College is $8,734 for Iowa Engineering Tech students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Iowa Central Community College General Engineering Technology Report

• Best Value Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Engineering Technology (Income $30-$48k)

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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