About

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.

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Student Success

Median starting salary: $68,000
Career placement: 97%

(Based on student surveys from Summer 2021, Fall 2021, and Spring 2022 graduates)

Undergraduate Students

Fall 2023

1,706 total
72% male, 28% female
53.5% resident, 46.5% non-resident
18.1% underrepresented
431 BSE degrees granted (22–23 academic year)

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Faculty

As of Fall 2023

110 total faculty
95 tenured or tenure track
15 instructional track

Graduate Students

Fall 2023

274 total
72 MS candidates
202 PhD candidates
64 MS degrees granted (2022–23)
43 PhD degrees granted (2022–23)

Research

Research expenditures in FY23 totaled $52 million ($511K per tenured or tenure-track faculty member). Faculty, staff, and students are engaged in three areas of research:

Engineering for human health
Engineering for the environment
Engineering for emerging technologies

Our Mission

To build a welcoming, diverse, 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.