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2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

8 Ranked Colleges
333 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master's in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 45,664 people earned their degree in educational administration, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,025 and had an average of $38,048 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 462 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,256 and $34,414 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 333 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent educational administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the educational 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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Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree education admin students.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Educational Administration in Iowa

#1

Northwestern College

Orange City, Iowa

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern College landed the #1 spot on the list. Orange City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.

NWC also made our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at NWC are $6,340, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Northwestern College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 masters’s education admin degrees to qualified students.

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

Read more about Educational Administration at Iowa State

#3

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and it awarded 97 masters’s education admin 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 Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Educational Administration at Drake University

#4

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 29 masters’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at UNI

#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa Educational Administration Report

#6

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa
#6 in overall quality

Dordt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa ranking, coming in at #6. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 53 masters’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dordt University are $9,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Educational Administration at Dordt

#7

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa

Saint Ambrose University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa ranking. Located in Davenport, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2019-2020.

St. Ambrose University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Ambrose University are $18,150, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Saint Ambrose University

#8

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa
#8 in overall quality

Upper Iowa University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Fayette, Iowa, and it awarded 14 masters’s education admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UIU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIU are $19,152, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Educational Administration at UIU

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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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