2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You
Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 3,392 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Education Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Waldorf University the best value school in Iowa for education students working on their master’s degree. Waldorf is a small private for-profit school located in the remote town of Forest City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Waldorf are $4,835 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwestern College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Iowa. Located in the town of Orange City, NWC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
NWC graduate students pay an average of $6,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
NWC also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa rankings.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Simpson College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Iowa. Located in the town of Indianola, Simpson College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Simpson College graduate students pay an average of $6,606 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Simpson College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Morningside College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Iowa. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Morningside are $6,516 a year.
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Out of the 17 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Storm Lake, BVU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BVU are $9,936 a year.
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Drake University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Drake are $11,988 a year.
Drake also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #1.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
UNI graduate students pay an average of $10,569 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, UNI is ranked #5 for overall quality for education in Iowa.
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Dordt University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Located in the town of Sioux Center, Dordt is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Dordt graduate students pay an average of $9,850 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Grand View University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Grand View University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Des Moines.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Grand View University are $9,440 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Loras College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Dubuque, Loras is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Loras graduate students pay an average of $12,990 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 4,776 |
| Minnesota | 9,682 |
| South Dakota | 1,045 |
| Missouri | 7,906 |
| Nebraska | 4,167 |
| North Dakota | 1,291 |
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Majors Related to Education
Education Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
| Student Counseling | 13,858 |
| Instructional Media Design | 8,695 |
| Teaching English or French | 5,791 |
| Other Education | 4,858 |
| Teaching Assistants | 2,751 |
| Educational Assessment | 2,552 |
| Multilingual Education | 1,910 |
| Education Philosophy | 737 |
| International Education | 293 |
Majors Similar to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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 Horadrim.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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