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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
4 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Religious Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 9,704 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, religious studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,163 and had an average of $28,712 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 83 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,870 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 religious studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great religious studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the religious studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Religious Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Religion Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 4 doctorate’s religion degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Religious Studies Doctor’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 University of Iowa are $27,613.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Iowa

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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