2025 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

If you plan on getting your master's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 master's degrees in civil engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on civil engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of civil engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt civil engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for civil engineering students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

The civil 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 the Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Iowa.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in Iowa

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in civil engineering.

Top Iowa Schools for a Master's in Civil Eng

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

18 Annual Graduates

$79,509 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in civil engineering needs to check out Iowa State University. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the civil eng program make around $79,509 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from Iowa State University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in civil engineering has to look into University of Iowa. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City.More information about a master’s in civil engineering from University of Iowa

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Civil Engineering Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	57
Minnesota	174	39
Kansas	149	33
Nebraska	123	20
North Dakota	115	5
South Dakota	89	27

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Eng

Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	29

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Engineering	45
Biomedical Engineering	44
Engineering Mechanics	25
Industrial Engineering	21
Mechanical Engineering	14
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	12
Agricultural Engineering	7
Chemical Engineering	7
Systems Engineering	5
Environmental Engineering	4

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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.