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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$34,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Writing Studies is the #58 most popular major in Iowa with 199 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for writing 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 Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

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

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Writing Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for writing studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. 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.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

Full Writing Studies at Iowa State University Report

#2

Loras College

Dubuque, IA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Loras College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Dubuque, Loras is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loras are $35,268 a year.

Full Writing Studies at Loras College Report

#3

Drake University

Des Moines, IA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Drake University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Des Moines, Drake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Drake are $45,912 a year.

Drake did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Drake University

#4

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Cornell College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in Iowa. Located in the town of Mount Vernon, Cornell College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Cornell College undergraduate students pay an average of $47,726 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Writing Studies at Cornell College

Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 257
Minnesota 431
Kansas 27
Nebraska 53
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 6

One of 3 majors within the area of study, writing studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Writing

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 40,481
English Literature (Other) 942
Literature 683

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 KOKUYO.

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