2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Sociology is the 20th most popular major in the country with 37,747 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Iowa, there were 222 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 5 sociology graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in sociology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sociology 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 sociology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa master’s degree sociology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s sociology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Sociology 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 Sociology at Iowa State

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Sociology Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 3 masters’s sociology degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Sociology Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sociology (Income $30-$48k)

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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