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2023 Best Value Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,176 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,339 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree School for You

With 58 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business support and assistant services is the #123 most popular major in Iowa.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for business support 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 Business Support & Assistant Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business support majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Business Support & Assistance

Our analysis found Eastern Iowa Community College District to be the best value school for business support and assistant services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Iowa. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Davenport.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges are $4,396 per year. After completing their Associate Degree, business support graduates from Eastern Iowa Community Colleges carry an average student debtload of $21,415.

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Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,802 a year.

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#3

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kirkwood Community College are $5,308 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Iowa Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

NICC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Creston, SWCC is a public college with a small student population.

SWCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA

Dordt University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Dordt undergraduate students pay an average of $33,590 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, Dordt is ranked #3 for overall quality for business support in Iowa.

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Best Value Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Support & Assistant Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 18
Minnesota 63
Kansas 67
Nebraska 191
North Dakota 8
South Dakota 10

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business support and assistant services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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