2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 553 degrees and certificates were awarded to social work students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School
Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa are $12,065 a year.
Iowa not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 924 |
Minnesota | 2,131 |
Kansas | 623 |
Nebraska | 262 |
North Dakota | 258 |
South Dakota | 20 |
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Majors Related to Social Work
Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Social Work
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Public Administration | 16,905 |
Human Services | 13,238 |
Public Policy | 6,430 |
Community Organization & Advocacy | 3,096 |
Other Public Administration | 588 |
Notes and References
*These values are for the top school 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 Army Medicine.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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