2022 Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,476 people earned their degree in geography, making the major the 144th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 27 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 geography graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality geography 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 geography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree geography students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Geography Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 2 masters’s geography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Geography Master’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 Northern Iowa are $22,648.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Geography (Income $75-$110k)

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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