If you plan on majoring in chemical engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #70 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 196 degrees in chemical engineering annually.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Chemical Engineering Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of chem eng degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in chemical engineering. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Ames.
Those chemical engineering students who get their degree from Iowa State University earn $2,367 more than the average chem eng student.
Every student who is interested in chemical engineering needs to look into University of Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the chem eng program state that they receive average early career earnings of $75,340.
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).
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