2022 Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General History is the 24th most popular major in the country with 31,630 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 341 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general history 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 general history 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 General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa”.

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Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General History in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 5 doctorate’s general history degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best General History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read more about General History at Iowa State

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General History Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general history degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also made our “Best General History Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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