2023 Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Iowa
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
The Most Popular Online Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Iowa to see which ones had the most popular online bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in Iowa
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Our analysis found Waldorf University to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Iowa. Located in Forest City, Iowa, the small private for-profit school awarded 592 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
Waldorf does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $24,526. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,767 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 39% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 69% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Upper Iowa University is a great place for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Fayette, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,004 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees at UIU is $33,639. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $26,492 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 73% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Mercy College of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Iowa. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 274 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,664 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.
Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 81% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Waterloo, Iowa is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 148 students in 2021-2022.
Allen College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $20,008. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $16,496 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 93% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2020-2021 year, about 85% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Graceland University - Lamoni helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Iowa. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lamoni, Iowa, and it awarded 281 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $31,970 to cover tuition and fees at Graceland Lamoni. The school does not offer an in-state discount. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,242 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
In 2020-2021 about 4% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
St Luke’s College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Iowa ranking. St Luke’s College is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 18 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
St Luke’s College does not offer a discount to in-state students, so the average tuition and fees for all undergraduates is $20,940. This amount may be reduced if you receive financial aid. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,597 in student loans. Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 38% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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