2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration 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 Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Educational Leadership & Administration is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 32,654 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 323 general educational leadership and administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 general educational leadership and administration 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 educational leadership and administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general educational leadership and administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree educational leadership and administration students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drake University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 40 doctorate’s educational leadership and administration degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at Drake University

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Educational Leadership and Administration Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s educational leadership and administration degrees to qualified students.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Educational Leadership & Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Educational Leadership & Administration at Iowa State University

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Educational Leadership & Administration

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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