Best Surgeon, All Other programs in Iowa, ranked by enrollment
All surgeons not listed.
2 schools in Iowa run programs that feed this job, graduating 376 people a year. The job pays a median of $370,390 in Iowa across about 110 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Iowa that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Iowa that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Iowa (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Iowa page.
Top 2 schools in Iowa
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center West Des Moines, IA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 214 | Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Public · 1 feeder programs | 162 | Medicine | — | 75% | — | 84% |
All 2 schools in Iowa
Every school in Iowa with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center | West Des Moines | Private not-for-profit | 214 | 1 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City | Public | 162 | 1 |
What surgeons, all other earn in Iowa
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $414,010. Iowa pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Surgeons, All Other page.
How to become a Surgeon, All Other
- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
- On-the-job training
- Internship/residency
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Iowa
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Surgeons, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.1201Medicine
- 51.1202Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
- 61.0101Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Program, General(no graduates reported)
- 61.0199Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.0299Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.1001Neurological Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.1099Neurological Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.1701Otolaryngology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.1702Neurotology Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.1799Otolaryngology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.2101Plastic Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2102Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2103Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2199Plastic Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.2701General Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2702Colon and Rectal Surgery Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2703Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2704Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2706Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2707Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2708Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2799Surgery Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.2801Urology Residency Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.2899Urology Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.9999Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
Common questions
Answers for people weighing surgeons, all other programs in Iowa.
What degree do you need to become a Surgeon, All Other?+
Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy, which awarded 214 degrees in Iowa in 2024-25, 56.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Surgeon, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Medicine. Together they graduate about 376 people a year in Iowa.
How much do surgeons, all other earn in Iowa?+
The median is $370,390 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.5% below the U.S. median of $414,010. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for surgeons, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +3.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Iowa?+
2 institutions in Iowa reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+
BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'Internship/residency' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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