2022 Best Value Colleges for Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations is the 657th most popular major in the country with 427 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 1 other entrepreneurial and small business operations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other entrepreneurial and small business operations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other entrepreneurial and small business operations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$24,060 Average Net Price

$47,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Schools in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s other entrepreneurial and small business operations students in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Schools in Iowa” list. The yearly cost to attend Drake University is $24,060 for iowa other entrepreneurial and small business operations students whose families make $30-$48k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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• Best Value Colleges for Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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