2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 19 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education programs, but they also 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 adult and continuing education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees to qualified students.

Drake also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’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 Adult & Continuing Education at Drake University

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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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