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2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,608 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

Journalism is the #54 most popular major in Iowa with 47 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Journalism Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best value experiences for journalism students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Journalism Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Journalism

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best value school in Iowa for journalism students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa is ranked #3 for overall quality for journalism in Iowa.

Full Journalism at University of Iowa Report

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for journalism students. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $9,634 per year.

Read full report on Journalism at Iowa State University

Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 60
Minnesota 0
Kansas 24
Nebraska 27
South Dakota 1

One of 5 majors within the area of study, journalism has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 5,059
Public Relations & Advertising 2,828
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 2,562
Communication & Journalism (Other) 341
Publishing 214

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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