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2023 Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$11,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,565 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Master's Degree School for You

Psychology is the #17 most popular major in Iowa with 89 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for psychology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Psychology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Psychology

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

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#2

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNI are $10,569 a year.

UNI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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#3

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Buena Vista University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Iowa. Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BVU are $9,936 a year.

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#4

Loras College

Dubuque, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loras College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Dubuque, Loras is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loras are $12,990 a year.

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#5

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 #5 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Drake graduate students pay an average of $11,988 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, Drake is ranked #1 for overall quality for psychology in Iowa.

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Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 375
Missouri 518
Minnesota 3,279
North Dakota 79
Nebraska 179
South Dakota 71

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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