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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,942 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,963 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 11 degrees and certificates were awarded to area studies students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #106 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Area Studies Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Area Studies Colleges.

Best Area Studies School

#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 area studies students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $9,942 per year.

Iowa not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Area Studies Schools in Iowa list.

Full Area Studies at University of Iowa Report

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 11
Minnesota 8
Kansas 16
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 0

One of 2 majors within the area of study, area studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Area Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 1,081
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 5

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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