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2023 Best Value History Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$24,842 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,393 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History School for You

History is the #26 most popular major in Iowa with 336 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 History Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for history majors pursuing a .

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in History

#1

University of Northern Iowa

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for history students. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNI are $9,053 per year. History majors at UNI take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

UNI also took the #5 spot in our Best History Schools in Iowa rankings.

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$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value History Schools in Iowa list. Iowa State is a very 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. On average, history graduates from Iowa State take out $26,007 in student loans while working on their degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $190, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Iowa State also took the #4 spot in our Best History Schools in Iowa rankings.

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#3

University of Iowa

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value History Schools in Iowa list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at Iowa take out is $22,375.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa also is in the top 20% of our Best History Schools in Iowa ranking.

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#4

Luther College

Decorah, IA
$46,760 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Luther College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value History Schools in Iowa list. Luther is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Decorah.

Luther undergraduate students pay an average of $46,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, history majors at Luther accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

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#5

Coe College

Cedar Rapids, IA
$48,822 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Coe College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value History Schools in Iowa list. Coe is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Coe are $48,822 per year. History majors at Coe take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 219
Minnesota 398
South Dakota 70
Missouri 496
Nebraska 224
North Dakota 49

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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