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Best Value Chemistry Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Chemistry Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,788 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,314 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Chemistry School for You

In 2020-2021, 203 degrees and certificates were awarded to chemistry students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #57 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Chemistry Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best value programs for chemistry 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Chemistry

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for chemistry students. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Chemistry majors at Iowa State take out an average of $20,468 in student loans while working on their egree.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Chemistry Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

University of Iowa

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

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Iowa is a great value for chemistry students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, chemistry graduates from Iowa carry an average student debtload of $26,625.

Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Chemistry Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Chemistry Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 474
Minnesota 483
Kansas 132
Nebraska 131
North Dakota 31
South Dakota 87

One of 8 majors within the area of study, chemistry has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Chemistry

Related Major Annual Graduates
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
General Physical Sciences 3,823
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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