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2023 Best Value Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$34,156 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,520 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Special Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 180 degrees and certificates were awarded to special education students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #65 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Special Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for special ed 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for special ed majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Special Education

#1

Morningside College

Sioux City, IA

Our analysis found Morningside College to be the best value school for special education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Iowa. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Sioux City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Morningside are $35,270 per year.

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#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Dordt University the best value school in Iowa for special education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Sioux Center.

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

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#3

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Buena Vista University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Storm Lake.

BVU undergraduate students pay an average of $37,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Upper Iowa University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value special education schools in Iowa. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Fayette.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIU are $33,609 per year. Special Ed majors at UIU take out an average of $37,341 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Value Special Education Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 539
Minnesota 846
Kansas 444
Nebraska 362
North Dakota 186
South Dakota 94

Special Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 woodleywonderworks.

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