2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 294 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank General Journalism Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Iowa

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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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