by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Buena Vista University took the #521 spot.
BVU also ranked #13 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Iowa.
Women make up 82.8% of the total graduate student body at BVU while men make you 17.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 10.8% of the graduate student population at BVU. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,936 | $9,936 |
After obtaining their master's degree from BVU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $51,875. That's about 11% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Buena Vista University.
Contact details for BVU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 610 W 4Th St, Storm Lake, IA 50588 |
| Phone: | 712-749-2400 |
| Website: | https://www.bvu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/buenavistauniversity |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/buenavistauniv |
In 2020-2021, 91.4% of the graduate students at Buena Vista University took at least one class online. For that same period, 79.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 18 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 7 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 42 |
| Special Education | 12 |
| Student Counseling | 80 |
| Teaching English or French | 6 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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