Is Iowa State a good engineering school?

<p>This ques is for my cuz. She declined University of Iowa, and is struck between Mich State and Iowa State...Also, going to Iowa state costs around $48k less than Mich State for four years.....Which of these is a better engineering school? Does Iowa state offer significant undergrad research experience than Mich State?
She needs to get in to a top notch grad school (Cornell, UPenn etc), so research experience is kind of a deal breaker...What do you guys think she should choose?</p>

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<p>Iowa State is better engineering school anyway. University of Iowa is for sciences…</p>

<p>Iowa State is definitely a superior University than MSU for engineering and its cheaper, so I see this as a clear choice.</p>

<p>Iowa State is a very good engineering school and quite an pretty campus too.</p>