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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$11,507 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 1,401 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Education

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

UNI graduate students pay an average of $10,569 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa State are $11,404 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa State is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Iowa.

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#4

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 4 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa is ranked #4 for overall quality for education in Iowa.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,994
Missouri 4,657
Minnesota 6,976
North Dakota 619
Nebraska 2,838
South Dakota 453

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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