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Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,977 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,486 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 2,966 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for nursing 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.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Nursing

Our analysis found Hawkeye Community College to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the city of Waterloo, Hawkeye Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Hawkeye Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,977 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing graduates from Hawkeye Community College carry an average student debtload of $21,463.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Hawkeye Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in Iowa.

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Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian Hills Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. IHCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Ottumwa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at IHCC are $4,560 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing graduates from IHCC carry an average student debtload of $25,336.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 6,840
Minnesota 14,890
Kansas 2,633
Nebraska 1,908
North Dakota 976
South Dakota 1,022

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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