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2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
20 Degrees Awarded
$11,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master's in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,530 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 117 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality secondary education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 secondary education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree secondary teaching students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

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 Secondary Teaching Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s secondary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drake, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Secondary 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 Secondary Education at Drake

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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