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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$27,130 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,799 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Educational Administration

#1

Northwestern College

Orange City, IA
$33,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Northwestern College to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Located in the distant town of Orange City, NWC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

NWC undergraduate students pay an average of $33,590 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NWC also took the #1 spot in our Best Educational Administration Schools in Iowa rankings.

Full Educational Administration at Northwestern College Report

#2

Morningside College

Sioux City, IA
$35,270 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Morningside undergraduate students pay an average of $35,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA
$9,053 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNI are $9,053 a year.

UNI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list.

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#4

Drake University

Des Moines, IA
$45,912 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Drake undergraduate students pay an average of $45,912 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 #3 for overall quality for education admin in Iowa.

Full Educational Administration at Drake University Report

#5

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA
$33,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 9 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dordt are $33,590 a year.

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$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for educational administration students. It came in at #6 on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $9,634 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa State is ranked #4 for overall quality for education admin in Iowa.

Full Educational Administration at Iowa State University Report

#7

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA
$9,942 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Iowa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for educational administration students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list.

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#8

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, IA
$33,570 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, Saint Ambrose University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students. Located in the midsize city of Davenport, St. Ambrose University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at St. Ambrose University are $33,570 a year.

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#9

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA
$33,609 Average Tuition & Fees

Upper Iowa University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Schools in Iowa list. Located in the rural area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIU are $33,609 a year.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1,509
Minnesota 1,314
Kansas 646
Nebraska 782
North Dakota 136
South Dakota 158

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 9 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 Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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