2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Psychology 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Psychology Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Iowa to see which 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.
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2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in Iowa
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Psychology Colleges.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for psychology students. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Northern Iowa is a great value for psychology students. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNI are $9,053 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa are $9,942 a year.
Iowa also took the #3 spot in our Best Psychology Schools in Iowa rankings.
The excellent programs at Buena Vista University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in Iowa. Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BVU are $37,518 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loras College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in Iowa list. Located in the city of Dubuque, Loras is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Loras undergraduate students pay an average of $35,268 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, Drake University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for psychology students. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Drake are $45,912 per year.
Drake also took the #2 spot in our Best Psychology Schools in Iowa rankings.
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 |
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Kansas | 375 |
Missouri | 518 |
Minnesota | 3,279 |
North Dakota | 79 |
Nebraska | 179 |
South Dakota | 71 |
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Majors Related to Psychology
Psychology Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
General Psychology | 8,051 |
Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Psychology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 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.
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