2024 Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,003 people earned their degree in teacher assistant/aide, making the major the 454th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 2 teacher assistant/aide graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in teacher assistant/aide. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher assistant/aide programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher assistant/aide program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Teacher Assistant/Aide in Iowa

1

Waldorf University
Forest City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$20,541 Average Net Price

$52,483 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Waldorf University landed the #1 spot on the list. Forest City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s teacher assistant/aide degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Waldorf also made our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $20,541 for Iowa Teacher Assistant/Aide students per year to attend Waldorf.

Read more about Teacher Assistant/Aide at Waldorf

2

Dordt University
Sioux Center, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$24,313 Average Net Price

$48,809 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dordt University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa. Dordt is a small school located in Sioux Center, Iowa that handed out 1 ’s teacher assistant/aide degrees in 2020-2021.

Dordt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Assistant/Aide Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Dordt University is $24,313 for Iowa Teacher Assistant/Aide students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Teacher Assistant/Aide at Dordt

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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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