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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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In 2021-2022, allied health professions students earned 840 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
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The Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Iowa to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for allied health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Iowa
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Indian Hills Community College the best value school in Iowa for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. IHCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Ottumwa.
IHCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Eastern Iowa Community College District helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Iowa. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Davenport.
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges undergraduate students pay an average of $4,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Allied Health majors at Eastern Iowa Community Colleges take out an average of $14,983 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Eastern Iowa Community College District
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Iowa Tech Community College is a great value for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,922 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, allied health majors at Western Iowa Tech Community College accumulate an average of around $14,604 in student debt.
Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Western Iowa Tech Community College
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kirkwood Community College is a great value for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a large student population.
Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,700 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that allied health majors at Kirkwood Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,048.
Kirkwood Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list.
The excellent associate degree programs at Northeast Iowa Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Iowa. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.
NICC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
NICC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list.
Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Northeast Iowa Community College
Iowa Central Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Iowa Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Fort Dodge.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa Central Community College are $5,196 a year. On average, allied health graduates from Iowa Central Community College take out $13,172 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Read full report on Allied Health Professions at Iowa Central Community College
Northwest Iowa Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Located in the rural area of Sheldon, Northwest Iowa Community College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northwest Iowa Community College are $6,870 a year.
Northwest Iowa Community College also made our Best Allied Health Professions Associate Degree Trade Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #2.
With a ranking of #8, Des Moines Area Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $5,340 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, allied health majors at DMACC accumulate an average of around $16,040 in student debt.
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Southeastern Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Southeastern Community College is a small public school located in the town of West Burlington.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeastern Community College are $6,210 per year. On average, allied health graduates from Southeastern Community College take out $13,823 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
North Iowa Area Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health professions students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. North Iowa Area Community College is a small public school located in the town of Mason City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at North Iowa Area Community College are $6,196 a year.
Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Kansas | 851 |
| Missouri | 988 |
| Minnesota | 719 |
| South Dakota | 217 |
| North Dakota | 142 |
| Nebraska | 498 |
Majors Related to Allied Health
Allied Health Professions is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Allied Health Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related to Allied Health
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 88,600 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 85,339 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 83,587 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 36,762 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 30,331 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.