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Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

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2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,065 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,724 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 225 degrees and certificates were awarded to social work students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major 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 Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Check out the social work graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa are $12,065 a year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 533
Minnesota 1,484
Kansas 337
Nebraska 106
North Dakota 74
South Dakota 0

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Social Work

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

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 Army Medicine.

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