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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Iowa, there were 457 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for iowa doctor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Iowa

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Iowa

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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