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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

1 Ranked Colleges
5 Degrees Awarded
$13,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Theology Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Theology Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Theological & Ministerial Studies is the 55th most popular major in the country with 15,051 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, theological and ministerial studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,911 and had an average of $41,597 in loans still to pay off.

Across Iowa, there were 85 theological and ministerial studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,000 and $24,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 theological and ministerial studies 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 theological and ministerial studies programs and cost less that 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 theological and ministerial studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Theology Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Theology Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Theological & Ministerial Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

University of Dubuque

Dubuque, Iowa
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Theology Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k. Dubuque, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s theology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Theological & Ministerial Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Dubuque are $13,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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