Our college by the numbers
Location
The college is based in the Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, with more than 20 additional research laboratory sites in the area.
Student Success
- Median starting salary: $76,000
- Percentage of graduates employed or in graduate school: 97%
Undergraduate Students
- 1,771 total
- 50.3% resident, 49.7% non-resident
- 357 BSE degrees granted (2025–26 academic year)
Faculty
- 106 total faculty
- 94 tenured or tenure track
- 12 instructional track
Graduate Students
- 225 total
- 50 MS candidates
- 175 PhD candidates
- 70 MS degrees granted (2025–26)
- 29 PhD degrees granted (2025–26)
Research
Research expenditures in FY26 totaled $53.7 million. Iowa Engineering faculty, staff, and students are engaged in research that will improve quality of life and transform our world through engineering for human health, engineering for the environment, and engineering for emerging technologies.
Our mission
To build a welcoming and responsible community recognized for:
- Providing an accessible, modern education in engineering and science for future interdisciplinary leaders;
- Advancing knowledge through fundamental and applied research; and
- Facilitating life-long learning and economic development.
Our vision
The College of Engineering at the University of Iowa is driven by talented faculty, staff, and students who are producing knowledge to address grand challenges around advanced technologies, health sciences, sustainability, energy, and the environment. Our graduates are ethical, globally-aware citizens whose work while at the University of Iowa and throughout their careers make the world safer and our use of resources more efficient. As a center of innovation and discovery, the people who make up the College of Engineering are undoubtedly improving quality of life for our Iowa community as well as for people across the United States and around the world.
Our core values
- Accountability
- Appreciation
- Community
- Respect
- Timeliness
Our departments
Our programs
Undergraduate
The college offers undergraduate (BSE) engineering degrees in several disciplines.
Graduate
The college offers MS and PhD engineering degrees in multiple disciplines.
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