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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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
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Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for business students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public institution located in Sioux City, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 44 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,826 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,541 in student loans.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Western Iowa Tech Community College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 53% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Western Iowa Tech Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality in Iowa.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s list. Ankeny, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at DMACC are $10,440 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $16,511 in student loans.
Online courses are available at DMACC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 63% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
DMACC 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 Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #3 on our list. Located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the fairly large public school handed out 13 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,072 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $19,474 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Kirkwood Community College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Kirkwood Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our list.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Eastern Iowa Community College District helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Iowa. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is a medium-sized public school situated in Davenport, Iowa. It awarded 20 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges are $5,904 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $16,753 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is ranked #5 for overall quality in Iowa.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northeast Iowa Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business schools in Iowa. NICC is a public institution located in Calmar, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NICC are $6,840 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $15,283 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at NICC. In fact, around 55% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
NICC also took the #4 spot in our rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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