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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$47,243 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #116 most popular major in Iowa with 69 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Child Development & Psychology 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 child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Iowa

Check out the child development programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Luther College

Decorah, IA
$46,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Luther College to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Located in the remote town of Decorah, Luther is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Luther undergraduate students pay an average of $46,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Luther College

#2

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, IA
$47,726 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Cornell College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in Iowa. Cornell College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Mount Vernon.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cornell College are $47,726 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Cornell College Report

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 671
Minnesota 552
Kansas 187
Nebraska 136
North Dakota 2

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Other Psychology 2,683

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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