2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 1,610 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,613 and $22,174 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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 social sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree social sciences students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social sciences degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State Social Sciences Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Iowa

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (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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