2023 Best Value Physics Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Physics School for You

Physics is the #67 most popular major in Iowa with 27 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Physics Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value programs for physics 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 Physics Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Physics

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

12 Degrees

#6 in Quality in Iowa

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for physics students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

15 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Iowa

$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Physics Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Physics at University of Iowa

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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 A. T. Service.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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