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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 281 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,843 and $48,087 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public health programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The public health 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 Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public health degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Iowa Public Health Report

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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