2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Iowa (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Chemical Engineering is the 66th most popular major in the country with 13,610 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,963 and had an average of $22,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 207 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,300 and $24,063 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 chemical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in chemical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree chem eng students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 10 masters’s chem eng degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State University Chemical Engineering Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Chem Eng Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s chem eng students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Chemical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Iowa

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemical Engineering (With Aid)

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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