2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Iowa

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 419 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,700 and $19,983 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa

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

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics 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 Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified doctorate’s economics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at Iowa State

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s economics students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #2 spot in our “Best Economics Doctor’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.

Read full report on Economics at Iowa

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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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