2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in Iowa (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Applied Mathematics is the 83rd most popular major in the country with 10,462 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, applied mathematics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $55,528 and had an average of $22,646 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 48 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 applied mathematics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,922 and $25,876 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality applied mathematics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the applied mathematics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Simpson College

Indianola, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$19,151 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Math Schools for a Bachelor’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Simpson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s applied math degrees to qualified students.

Simpson College also made our “Best Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,151 for Iowa Bachelor’s Degree Applied Math students with aid per year to attend Simpson College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Applied Mathematics at Simpson College

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Mathematics (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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Steven G. Johnson.

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