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Iowa Comparisons

Iowa City, Iowa

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with Iowa Public Colleges

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Iowa State University

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


N
University of Northern Iowa

$600 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

D
Drake University

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


G
Grinnell College

$52,277 higher in-state tuition
75% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell College

$39,803 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$38,799 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


S
Simpson College

$35,491 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


D
Dordt College

$25,289 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

W
University of Wisconsin Madison

$562 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


P
Purdue University Main Campus

$1,007 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$1,301 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$3,763 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$2,259 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


B
Ball State University

$277 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$5,295 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$1,381 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$941 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$1,741 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


W
Winona State University

$323 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$21 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$985 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Rochester

$4,097 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$938 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

L
Loyola University Chicago

$39,389 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$33,478 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$34,759 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$37,149 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$33,279 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$28,669 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$34,973 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$34,689 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$45,689 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


H
Hope College

$29,279 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$45,939 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$41,089 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$39,959 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


M
Macalester College

$53,559 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


C
Calvin College

$29,659 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$40,219 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$42,250 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$35,890 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


E
University of Evansville

$31,389 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$32,573 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


H
Holy Cross College

$24,789 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


H
Hamline University

$36,829 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


S
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

$44,839 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


T
Taylor University

$28,465 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


K
Kalamazoo College

$47,290 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$47,099 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$44,899 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$26,649 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


A
Andrews University

$22,753 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Mary's College

$40,169 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$23,789 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


W
Wabash College

$37,889 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


R
Rockhurst University

$31,989 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


M
McKendree University

$23,309 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


W
Webster University

$20,929 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$43,289 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$27,621 higher in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$38,265 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
Bethel University

$32,399 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$23,989 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$44,956 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$21,969 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$33,399 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$24,209 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$25,779 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$43,750 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Norbert College

$33,593 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
Northland College

$31,008 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


M
Martin Luther College

$8,709 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

A
Arizona State University

$2,267 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


S
Michigan State University

$6,481 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Central Florida

$4,233 lower in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$2,621 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$26 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$4,659 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$1,084 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$1,027 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$1,641 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$4,152 lower in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$2,787 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$1,781 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


O
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$3,791 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$2,853 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


L
Louisiana State University

$673 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$1,781 lower in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$6,751 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate