2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

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 Other Economics Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other economics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 other economics program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Economics Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa other economics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Other Economics in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$29,432 Average Net Price

$47,824 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Economics Schools in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified ’s other economics students in 2019-2020.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Economics Schools in Iowa” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drake University is $29,432 for Iowa Other Economics students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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• Best Value Colleges for Other Economics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Other Economics (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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