2022 Best Value IS Schools in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value IS Schools in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Information Science is the 56th most popular major in the country with 18,368 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $58,848 and had an average of $32,600 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 22 information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value IS Schools in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value IS Schools in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa is students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

Luther College

Decorah, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$24,393 Average Net Price

$34,644 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value IS Schools in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Luther College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Decorah, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 degrees to qualified ’s IS students in 2019-2020.

Luther not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Science Schools in Iowa” list. The estimated yearly cost for Luther is $24,393 for Iowa IS students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Luther College Information Science Report

• Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Colleges for Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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