2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Economics is the 585th most popular major in the country with 428 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 1 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Economics (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 Other Economics 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. Drake is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s other economics degrees to qualified students.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $25,212 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Other Economics 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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