2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

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 Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Occupational Therapy is the 84th most popular major in the country with 9,219 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 132 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great occupational therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa bachelor’s degree occupational therapy students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,212 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k 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 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s occupational therapy students in 2019-2020.

Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $25,212 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Occupational Therapy students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Drake University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Drake University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy (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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