2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for English in Iowa (With Aid)

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 English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 41,945 people earned their degree in English, making the major the 15th most popular in the United States.

Across Iowa, there were 356 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in English. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent English programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the English program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for English in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#3 in overall quality

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 4 masters’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best English Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNI are $22,648, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about English at UNI

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s English language degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best English Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State English Report

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value English Language Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s English language degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best English Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Iowa English Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for English (With Aid)

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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