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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$21,776 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,440 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Social Sciences School for You

With 36 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general social sciences is the #151 most popular major in Iowa.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

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

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Schools in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social sciences majors pursuing a .

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality in General Social Sciences

#1

University of Iowa

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best value school in Iowa for general social sciences students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

Iowa undergraduate students pay an average of $9,942 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Social Sciences Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA
$33,609 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the # 2 spot on the list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Fayette.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UIU are $33,609 per year. Social Sciences majors at UIU take out an average of $24,954 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 47
Minnesota 60
Kansas 85
Nebraska 243
North Dakota 24
South Dakota 24

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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