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Drake Comparisons

Des Moines, Iowa

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Compare with Iowa Public Colleges

I
Iowa State University

$38,886 lower in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


I
University of Iowa

$38,853 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Northern Iowa

$39,453 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

G
Grinnell College

$13,424 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$950 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$54 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
Simpson College

$3,362 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


D
Dordt College

$13,564 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$38,291 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$35,090 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$36,594 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$33,558 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$37,472 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$39,794 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$37,112 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


W
Wichita State University

$40,716 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


W
Winona State University

$39,176 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$38,874 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$37,868 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Rochester

$34,756 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$39,791 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

L
Loyola University Chicago

$536 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$5,375 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$1,704 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$5,574 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$10,184 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$3,880 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$4,164 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$7,086 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$2,236 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$1,106 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$14,706 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$1,366 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$2,963 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$6,280 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamline University

$2,024 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


S
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

$5,986 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$8,246 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$6,046 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$12,204 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$15,064 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rockhurst University

$6,864 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


M
McKendree University

$15,544 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


W
Webster University

$17,924 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$4,436 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$11,232 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$588 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


B
Bethel University

$6,454 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$14,864 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$6,103 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$16,884 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$5,454 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$14,644 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$13,074 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$4,897 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Norbert College

$5,260 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$16,864 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


M
Martin Luther College

$30,144 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


B
Bethany Lutheran College

$19,234 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


H
Hannibal LaGrange University

$23,564 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
Central Bible College

$35,152 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


P
Principia College

$16,364 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

E
Elon University

$5,830 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


T
Texas Christian University

$6,326 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
Mercer University

$8,156 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


B
Belmont University

$9,564 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


D
University of Dayton

$1,394 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$4,094 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


E
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach

$8,588 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


F
Florida Institute of Technology

$4,794 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


T
University of Tulsa

$1,998 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$2,348 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


P
Point Loma Nazarene University

$7,164 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$3,464 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$2,188 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


N
The New School

$5,362 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Biola University

$3,182 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


R
Rollins College

$8,546 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryant University

$868 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
Seattle Pacific University

$11,060 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$5,866 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


H
Hope College

$9,574 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$64 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$1,134 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$1,846 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


L
Lipscomb University

$13,260 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


W
Wentworth Institute of Technology

$9,404 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
Pacific University

$3,320 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


O
Ohio Northern University

$12,084 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Champlain College

$3,764 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
Messiah College

$9,014 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$7,604 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


F
Franciscan University of Steubenville

$16,944 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


W
William Carey University

$34,064 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mary

$28,854 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


T
Thomas Jefferson University

$4,464 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate