2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You
Educational Administration is the #28 most popular major in Iowa with 340 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration
Our analysis found Northwestern College to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the town of Orange City, NWC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
NWC graduate students pay an average of $6,360 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, NWC is ranked #1 for overall quality for education admin in Iowa.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa State are $11,404 a year.
Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Upper Iowa University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in Iowa. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIU are $19,685 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 1,509 |
| Minnesota | 1,314 |
| Kansas | 646 |
| Nebraska | 782 |
| North Dakota | 136 |
| South Dakota | 158 |
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Majors Related to Education Admin
One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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).
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