2026 Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools in Iowa

[Clinical/Medical Social Work](/majors/health-care-professions/mental-social-health-services/clinical-medical-social-work/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong clinical/medical social work education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for clinical/medical social work students.
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2026 Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools in Iowa
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the clinical/medical social work degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools
Leading the list is Grand View University, our #1 best value for clinical/medical social work in Iowa. Grand View University is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Des Moines. Students from in state pay about $34,762 in tuition and fees. Clinical/medical Social Work graduates carry a median of $26,941 in student loans. Early-career clinical/medical social work graduates make about $45,180. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 99%.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.