2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Education in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking.

Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 310,601 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 3,578 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,396 and $29,131 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Education in Iowa

#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,102 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Dordt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dordt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 1 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Dordt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt is $25,102 for Iowa Associate Degree Education students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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