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2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$11,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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 Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 1,121 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great elementary education 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 elementary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932.

Full Drake Elementary Education Report

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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