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2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 57,618 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 465 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,950 and $28,476 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work 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 social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full Iowa Social Work Report

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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