2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 19 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also 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 adult and continuing education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The adult and continuing ed 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,212 Average Net Price

$47,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. Drake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Des Moines, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in Iowa” list. The yearly cost to attend Drake University is $25,212 for Iowa Adult and Continuing Ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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%.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Drake

• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (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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