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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 | 0.0386 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 22,223 | 975 | 0.9994 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 4 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 7 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 22600 | 0.4324 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 29200 | 0.4991 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6016 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 15 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 17 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 18 | Western Michigan University | 15600 | 32500 | 0.5206 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 20 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 15900 | 24200 | 0.3436 | 7,637 | 1115 | 0.1865 | |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 21 | University of Southern Maine | 16400 | 23000 | 0.2866 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 23 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 26 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 27 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 28 | Wichita State University | 19800 | 29800 | 0.3352 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 29 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 30 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 31 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 31 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 34 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 35 | SUNY Maritime College | 21200 | 32000 | 0.3376 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 38 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 39 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 23100 | 28400 | 0.1863 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 40 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23200 | 48800 | 0.5247 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 41 | Saint Ambrose University | 24200 | 54900 | 0.559 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 42 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 43 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 44 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 45 | St. Mary's University | 26300 | 59800 | 0.5604 | 2,330 | 1060 | 0.9508 | |
| 46 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 47 | Oakland University | 26900 | 39300 | 0.3154 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 48 | Kansas State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.109 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 50 | Colorado Christian University | 28000 | 64000 | 0.5624 | 8,200 | 1110 | 1 | |
| 51 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 53 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 56 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 57 | Methodist University | 29900 | 65800 | 0.5453 | 1,467 | 1185 | 0.7516 | |
| 58 | Gannon University | 30600 | 52900 | 0.4219 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 58 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 60 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31000 | 43100 | 0.281 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 61 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 61 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 63 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 64 | South Carolina State University | 31500 | 41600 | 0.2427 | 3,059 | 925 | 0.6797 | |
| 65 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 65 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36700 | 0.1388 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 67 | Lawrence Technological University | 32300 | 71900 | 0.5507 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 69 | Morgan State University | 32500 | 41900 | 0.2245 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 70 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 71 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34000 | 70200 | 0.516 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 71 | University of Indianapolis | 34000 | 60700 | 0.4397 | 3,394 | 1080 | 0.728 | |
| 73 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 74 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 75 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 76 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 77 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 47500 | 0.2423 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 80 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 81 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 82 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 85 | Kettering University | 37700 | 71800 | 0.4749 | 1,212 | 1204 | 0.7867 | |
| 86 | Western New England University | 38700 | 69200 | 0.4409 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 87 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 88 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39800 | 50000 | 0.2042 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 90 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40300 | 50600 | 0.2036 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 91 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 92 | University of San Diego | 41600 | 85900 | 0.5158 | 6,049 | 1298 | 0.5358 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 55200 | 0.2427 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 94 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 95 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 96 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 98 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 99 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 6,743 | 1266 | 0.6292 | |
| 100 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 101 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 83600 | 0.3982 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 102 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 103 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 104 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 106 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 107 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 3,211 | 1243 | 0.9594 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.