2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Iowa (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Law is the 21st most popular major in the country with 34,750 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 228 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 228 law graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in law. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great law 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 law program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree law students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 133 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s law students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613.

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#2

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Law Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Drake is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 95 doctorate’s law degrees in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Law Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake University are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Law (With Aid)

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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