2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa to see which ones had the most popular online basic certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Most Popular Online Teaching Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Western Iowa Tech Community College

Sioux City, Iowa

64 Total Awards

$4,802 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Iowa. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, the medium-sized public school awarded 64 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2020-2021.

In-state students pay an average of $4,802 in tuition and fees if they attend Western Iowa Tech Community College full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $4,826. Of those students who received their degree, 34% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 53% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Western Iowa Tech Community College Report

#2

North Iowa Area Community College

Mason City, Iowa

56 Total Awards

$5,971 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Iowa Area Community College is a great place for teaching students working on their basic certificate. North Iowa Area Community College is a public institution located in Mason City, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 56 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

In-state students pay an average of $5,971 in tuition and fees if they attend North Iowa Area Community College full time. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $8,547. Around 48% of those degree recipients were women.

North Iowa Area Community College is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full North Iowa Area Community College Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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