2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Iowa

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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 192,474 engineering students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In , engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $68,641 and had an average of $23,252 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 2,502 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,226 and $24,028 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 163 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,100 and $137,063 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Iowa” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree engineering students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering in Iowa

1

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#1 overall quality in Iowa

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 130 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read full report on Engineering at Iowa State University

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

#2 overall quality in Iowa

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Iowa Engineering Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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