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2023 Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,318 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Economics Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 321 degrees and certificates were awarded to economics students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.

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

The Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 economics master's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Economics Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for economics students working on their master’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa State are $11,404 a year.

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Best Value Economics Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 420
Minnesota 847
Kansas 344
Nebraska 111
North Dakota 41
South Dakota 43

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

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).
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