Are you serious?????
First off, most academics do not place much value in rankings. The people who matter, e.g. the ones associated with your primary professional association, know more about the quality of a school's program than the writers at US News. But since you seem to value rankings,.....
..I don't know much about engineering specifically, but Im sure the U of Iowa is probably a top 20-30 or so in that field. Or at least respectable. If not, the brand name will is there. While theres a difference between a #3 ranked school veers #98, I don't think theres too much of a difference between a #10 and a #25.
You're talking about $80K for basically a similar education.
Do you want you want, but I know what I would do.
