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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.
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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.
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Top Value Business Master's Degree Schools in Iowa
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our rankings named Drake University the best value school in Iowa for business students working on their master’s degree. Drake is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 77 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Drake are $11,988 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Drake does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Drake did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our list.
Out of the 15 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNI is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 78 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNI are $21,201 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNI does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 67% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UNI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #3 on our list. Located in Forest City, Iowa, the small private for-profit school handed out 208 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Waldorf are $4,835 per year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Waldorf. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #4 on our list. This large public school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 550 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Iowa does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Wesleyan University. It ranked #5 on our list. Iowa Wesleyan University is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa that handed out 18 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa Wesleyan graduate students pay an average of $6,300 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, Iowa Wesleyan is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
University of Dubuque landed the #6 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. UD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dubuque, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 86 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UD graduate students pay an average of $7,940 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that UD does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 27% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their master’s degree. Located in Ames, Iowa, the large public school handed out 49 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Iowa State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 54% took at least some of their classes online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Iowa State is ranked #4 for overall quality in Iowa.
Grand View University landed the #8 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. Grand View University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 20 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand View University are $9,440 a year.
Grand View University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Buena Vista University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the ranking. BVU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Storm Lake, Iowa. It awarded 18 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BVU are $9,936 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at BVU. In fact, around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #10, Mount Mercy University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their master’s degree. Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 88 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Mercy are $11,176 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Mount Mercy, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 62% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Loras College landed the #11 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loras are $12,990 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Loras. In 2019-2020 about 44% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Briar Cliff University ranked #12 on this year’s list. Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Briar Cliff are $10,530 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Briar Cliff, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 64% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Saint Ambrose University landed the #13 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. St. Ambrose University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Davenport, Iowa. It awarded 64 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at St. Ambrose University are $18,640 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at St. Ambrose University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 15% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
St. Ambrose University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our list.
With a ranking of #13, William Penn University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business students working on their master’s degree. William Penn University is located in Oskaloosa, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Penn University are $10,500 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at William Penn University. In fact, around 28% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Upper Iowa University landed the #15 spot in the rankings for the best value master’s degree business programs. UIU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 170 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIU are $19,685 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UIU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 92% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 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%.
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