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Drake Comparisons

Des Moines, Iowa

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Compare with Iowa Public Colleges

I
Iowa State University

$40,484 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Iowa

$40,450 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Northern Iowa

$41,070 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

G
Grinnell College

$14,876 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$504 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$184 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$39,822 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$36,754 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$38,288 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$34,970 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$38,870 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$41,456 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$36,458 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


S
South Dakota State University

$41,693 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$40,334 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Kansas City

$39,022 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$36,458 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Rochester

$36,210 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$41,693 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota State University

$41,850 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

C
University of Chicago

$14,335 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern University

$15,421 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Chicago

$804 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$5,801 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


W
Washington University in St Louis

$12,284 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$1,776 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$5,796 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$10,218 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$4,466 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$15,577 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$4,330 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$7,504 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$2,794 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$177 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$15,212 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$1,322 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$3,081 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$6,324 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamline University

$2,332 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$8,576 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$6,034 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$15,566 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


O
College of the Ozarks

$28,666 lower in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$3,834 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$11,316 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$602 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$5,683 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


V
Viterbo University

$17,866 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$6,092 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$15,466 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$13,496 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


W
Wisconsin Lutheran College

$14,946 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$5,302 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$17,766 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


H
Hannibal LaGrange University

$24,266 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
Central Bible College

$37,054 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

P
Pepperdine University

$16,524 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
University of San Francisco

$8,204 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$12,934 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$14,952 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas Christian University

$7,664 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$4,934 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$8,566 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


A
American University

$6,258 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$1,866 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$8,684 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$4,476 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$4,869 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Pacific

$5,040 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$796 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$10,364 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$4,136 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


P
University of Portland

$4,934 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$6,866 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$6,044 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


G
Gonzaga University

$3,074 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$8,193 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$5,444 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$1,044 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$2,762 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rollins College

$8,834 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$6,886 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


L
Lewis & Clark College

$12,450 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$7,176 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$5,294 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$5,258 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


L
LeTourneau University

$14,786 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$10,584 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$12,966 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


P
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$9,406 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Cedarville University

$13,588 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$7,506 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


E
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott

$8,786 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


T
Touro College

$28,466 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate