2022 Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Statistics is the 88th most popular major in the country with 9,599 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, statistics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,950 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 183 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 statistics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in statistics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality statistics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the statistics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Statistics in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 20 masters’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. 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 full report on Statistics 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 Stats Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 10 masters’s stats degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #2 spot in our “Best Statistics Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

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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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