2022 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,819 people earned their degree in teaching assistants, making the major the 243rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, teaching assistants graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,850 and had an average of $7,654 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 3 teaching assistants graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teaching assistants 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 teaching assistants program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The teaching assistants school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa teaching assistants students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Teaching Assistants (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

Dordt University

Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$24,967 Average Net Price

$48,233 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dordt University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Sioux Center, Iowa, and it awarded 1 ’s teaching assistants degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dordt, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teaching Assistants Schools in Iowa” ranking. It costs about $24,967 for Iowa Teaching Assistants students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Dordt.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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