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Considering a degree in Industrial Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Industrial Engineering majors who live in Iowa.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Industrial Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Iowa.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 2 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11600 | 29100 | 0.6019 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 9 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 22600 | 0.4306 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | Navajo Technical University | 13100 | 24900 | 0.4731 | 1,678 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | Francis Marion University | 14100 | 24100 | 0.4157 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 27800 | 0.4903 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15200 | 37900 | 0.599 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 19 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 21 | Western Michigan University | 15900 | 32500 | 0.5114 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 24 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 29 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 30 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 31 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 32 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.5345 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 32 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 34 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 19700 | 30900 | 0.363 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 37 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 38 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 40 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 41 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 43 | Montana State University | 22300 | 27100 | 0.1769 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 44 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 46 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23200 | 48800 | 0.5247 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 47 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 47 | Saint Ambrose University | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5571 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 47 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1461 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 50 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 30600 | 0.1961 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 51 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 52 | St. Mary's University | 26400 | 59800 | 0.5587 | 2,149 | 1084 | 0.9776 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 54 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 56 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 32000 | 0.1454 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 57 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 57 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 59 | Oakland University | 28100 | 39300 | 0.2849 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 60 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 62 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 63 | East Texas A&M University | 29500 | 36500 | 0.1917 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 64 | Gannon University | 29600 | 52900 | 0.4408 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 65 | Morgan State University | 29700 | 41900 | 0.2914 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 66 | Methodist University | 29900 | 65800 | 0.5453 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7514 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 68 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 69 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30600 | 38500 | 0.2052 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 70 | South Carolina State University | 30800 | 41600 | 0.2596 | 2,950 | 930 | 0.8262 | |
| 71 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 71 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36700 | 0.1388 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 73 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2484 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 74 | Lawrence Technological University | 32500 | 71900 | 0.5479 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 75 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1701 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 78 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 79 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 81 | SUNY Maritime College | 35600 | 41600 | 0.1441 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 82 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 83 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 85 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | University of New Haven | 36900 | 67300 | 0.4515 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 87 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 88 | Kettering University | 37500 | 71800 | 0.4776 | 1,212 | 1260 | 0.7867 | |
| 89 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 90 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 91 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 92 | Western New England University | 38700 | 69200 | 0.4409 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 93 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 94 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55200 | 0.2445 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | University of San Diego | 41700 | 85900 | 0.5147 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
| 97 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 97 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 99 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 101 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45300 | 50600 | 0.1048 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 102 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 103 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48000 | 48600 | 0.0123 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 104 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50400 | 83600 | 0.397 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 105 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 106 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 107 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 108 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 109 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54000 | 59200 | 0.087 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.