2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) 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 Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 17 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education 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 teacher 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 Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $48-$75k) in Iowa

#1

Simpson College

Indianola, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$8,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simpson College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Indianola, Iowa, and it awarded 6 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Simpson College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Simpson College are $8,868, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Teacher Education at Simpson College

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher 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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