2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Elementary Special Education is the 367th most popular major in the country with 1,422 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 elementary special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary special education 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 elementary special education 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 Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree elementary special ed students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $48-$75k) in Iowa

#1

Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$9,936 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Buena Vista University landed the #1 spot on the list. Buena Vista University is a small school located in Storm Lake, Iowa that handed out 6 masters’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

BVU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Buena Vista University are $9,936, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Elementary Special Education at Buena Vista University

#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

$19,152 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 2 masters’s elementary special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Elementary Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIU are $19,152, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Elementary Special Education at Upper Iowa University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Special Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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