2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communications is the 65th most popular major in the country with 11,861 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 36 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communications programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communications program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The communication arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$21,715 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dubuque landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Dubuque is a small school located in Dubuque, Iowa that handed out 23 bachelors’s communication arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Dubuque is $21,715 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Communication Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Communications at UD

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communications (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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