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2023 Best Value Criminology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$33,609 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Criminology Associate Degree School for You

Criminology is the #56 most popular major in Iowa with 213 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Criminology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the criminology associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Criminology Associate Degree School

#1

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Upper Iowa University the best value school in Iowa for criminology students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

UIU undergraduate students pay an average of $33,609 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Criminology at Upper Iowa University Report

Best Value Criminology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 370
Minnesota 253
Kansas 39
Nebraska 7

Criminology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Criminology

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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