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#2 Best Public Universities in Iowa

ISU Comparisons

Ames, Iowa

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Compare with Iowa Public Colleges

I
University of Iowa

$33 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Northern Iowa

$567 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

D
Drake University

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


G
Grinnell College

$52,310 higher in-state tuition
79% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$39,836 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$38,832 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


S
Simpson College

$35,524 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


D
Dordt College

$25,322 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$595 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$3,796 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$2,292 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$5,328 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Duluth

$3,960 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$1,414 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$908 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$1,774 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


W
Winona State University

$290 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$12 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Kansas City

$654 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$1,018 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Rochester

$4,130 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$905 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

L
Loyola University Chicago

$39,422 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$33,511 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$37,182 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$33,312 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$28,702 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$35,006 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$53,566 higher in-state tuition
73% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$34,722 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$45,972 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$41,122 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$39,992 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$53,592 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$40,252 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$35,923 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$32,606 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


S
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

$44,872 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$47,132 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$44,932 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$26,682 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$23,822 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


R
Rockhurst University

$32,022 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


M
McKendree University

$23,342 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


W
Webster University

$20,962 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$43,322 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$27,654 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$38,298 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


B
Bethel University

$32,432 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$24,022 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$44,989 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$22,002 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$33,432 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$24,242 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$25,812 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
The College of Saint Scholastica

$30,072 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$43,783 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Norbert College

$33,626 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


N
Northland College

$31,041 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$22,022 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


M
Martin Luther College

$8,742 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


B
Bethany Lutheran College

$19,652 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


H
Hannibal LaGrange University

$15,322 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


C
Central Bible College

$3,734 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


P
Principia College

$22,522 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

F
Florida State University

$4,656 lower in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


A
Arizona State University

$2,300 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


S
Michigan State University

$6,514 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Central Florida

$4,200 lower in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$2,654 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$2,847 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$7 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$4,692 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$1,117 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$3,834 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$1,747 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$994 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$1,608 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$4,119 lower in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$2,820 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$1,748 lower in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


O
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$3,758 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$2,886 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$4,235 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


L
Louisiana State University

$640 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$1,748 lower in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$6,784 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate