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#2 Best Public Universities in Iowa

ISU Comparisons

Ames, Iowa

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Compare with Iowa Public Colleges

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University of Iowa

$34 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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University of Northern Iowa

$586 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

D
Drake University

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


G
Grinnell College

$55,360 higher in-state tuition
76% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$40,988 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Coe College

$43,244 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Luther College

$40,668 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


S
Simpson College

$36,324 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Wisconsin Madison

$662 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$3,730 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


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University of Illinois at Chicago

$2,196 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$5,514 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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University of Minnesota Duluth

$3,784 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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University of Kansas

$1,614 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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University of Nebraska Lincoln

$972 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Cloud State University

$171 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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University of Missouri Columbia

$4,026 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
South Dakota State University

$1,209 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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Truman State University

$150 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


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University of Missouri Kansas City

$1,462 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$4,026 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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University of Minnesota Rochester

$4,274 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$1,209 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota State University

$1,366 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Northwestern University

$55,905 higher in-state tuition
82% lower acceptance rate


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Loyola University Chicago

$41,288 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$34,683 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Marquette University

$38,708 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$34,688 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$30,266 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$36,018 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


C
Carleton College

$56,061 higher in-state tuition
67% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$36,154 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$47,988 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$43,278 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$40,661 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$55,696 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$41,806 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
North Central College

$35,132 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$37,403 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$34,160 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


H
Hamline University

$38,152 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$49,060 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


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Illinois Wesleyan University

$46,518 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$24,918 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


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McKendree University

$23,678 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Johns University

$43,718 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Lake Forest College

$44,318 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


S
Stephens College

$18,018 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$29,168 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$39,882 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$23,718 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$46,167 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$22,338 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


V
Viterbo University

$22,618 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$34,392 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$25,018 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$26,988 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


S
The College of Saint Scholastica

$30,548 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


W
Wisconsin Lutheran College

$25,538 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Knox College

$45,786 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


N
Northland College

$31,928 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


D
Dakota Wesleyan University

$22,718 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


H
Hannibal LaGrange University

$16,218 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


C
Central Bible College

$3,430 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

S
Michigan State University

$6,666 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Central Florida

$4,504 lower in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$1,722 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$2,350 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$217 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$297 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$3,306 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$5,058 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$1,113 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$5,653 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$4,032 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$2,163 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$4,423 lower in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$1,912 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$2,910 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$3,912 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$2,852 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$4,539 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Louisiana State University

$944 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Lowell

$6,868 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate