2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology in Iowa

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 Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 183,889 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 1,466 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,252 and $34,269 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 57 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology 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 psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology in Iowa

#1

Waldorf University

Forest City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$20,036 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa list. This small school is located in Forest City, Iowa, and it awarded 17 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Waldorf did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” list. It costs about $20,036 for iowa associate degree psychology students per year to attend Waldorf.

Read full report on Psychology at Waldorf

#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$21,624 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for an Associate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the #2 spot on the list. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Iowa. It awarded 30 associates’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UIU is $21,624 for Iowa Associate Degree Psychology students.

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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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