2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Journalism is the 58th most popular major in the country with 12,336 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 294 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general journalism 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 Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Journalism at Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa General Journalism Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (Income $0-$30k)

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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