2025 Best Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #71 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 Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 140 bachelor's degrees in industrial engineering to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 industrial engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of industrial engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor'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 industrial engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 industrial engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for industrial engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The ie 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 Industrial Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Industrial Engineering in Iowa

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering.

Top Iowa Schools for a Bachelor's in IE

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

102 Annual Graduates

$74,310 Median Starting Salary

$19,655 Median Student Debt

Iowa State University is a good choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ie program report average early career income of $74,310.

More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Iowa State University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

33 Annual Graduates

$75,699 Median Starting Salary

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Iowa City.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the ie program report average early career earnings of $75,699.

More information about a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from University of Iowa

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	23
Minnesota	215	102
Kansas	184	95
Nebraska	180	0
North Dakota	149	30
South Dakota	148	41

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Industrial Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Industrial Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

IE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Industrial Engineering	140

Most Popular Majors Related to IE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	488
Computer Engineering	309
Civil Engineering	182
Electrical Engineering	152
Chemical Engineering	134
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	121
Biomedical Engineering	99
Agricultural Engineering	62
Construction Engineering	58
Materials Engineering	37

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.