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Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which business program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The <nil> ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Business Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

20 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Iowa

$26,948 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Iowa State University is a large public school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 20 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

One thing to take note of is that Iowa State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 54% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our list.

Read full report on Iowa State University

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

9 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Iowa

$31,012 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Iowa is a public institution located in Iowa City, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

Iowa does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa is ranked #2 for overall quality in Iowa.

Full University of Iowa Report

Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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