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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

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


N
University of Northern Iowa

$620 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Iowa Private Colleges

D
Drake University

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


C
Cornell College

$40,954 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
Coe College

$43,210 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


L
Luther College

$40,634 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


S
Simpson College

$36,290 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

P
Purdue University Main Campus

$702 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$1,296 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Illinois at Chicago

$2,162 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


B
Ball State University

$328 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$5,480 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


K
University of Kansas

$1,580 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


K
Kansas State University

$948 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Nebraska Lincoln

$1,006 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Cloud State University

$205 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Missouri Columbia

$3,992 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


W
Winona State University

$628 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


S
South Dakota State University

$1,243 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Morris

$3,916 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


T
Truman State University

$116 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
Missouri University of Science and Technology

$3,992 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Minnesota Rochester

$4,240 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Dakota

$1,243 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota State University

$1,400 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

L
Loyola University Chicago

$41,254 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


D
DePaul University

$34,649 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Butler University

$35,974 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
Marquette University

$38,674 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


W
Wheaton College

$34,654 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


B
Bradley University

$30,232 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


C
Creighton University

$35,984 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


V
Valparaiso University

$36,120 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


D
DePauw University

$47,014 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


H
Hope College

$30,974 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$47,954 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Louis University Main Campus

$43,244 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Institute of Technology

$40,627 higher in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


C
Calvin University

$29,354 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$41,772 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


R
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

$43,982 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
North Central College

$35,098 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


M
Milwaukee School of Engineering

$37,369 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


E
University of Evansville

$32,384 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
Augsburg College

$34,126 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


H
Holy Cross College

$25,084 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


H
Hamline University

$38,118 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

$44,534 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


T
Taylor University

$29,124 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


K
Kalamazoo College

$49,169 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


B
Beloit College

$49,026 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


I
Illinois Wesleyan University

$46,484 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


C
Carroll University

$27,384 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


A
Andrews University

$23,384 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Mary's College

$41,334 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


D
Drury University

$24,884 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


W
Wabash College

$39,184 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


M
McKendree University

$23,644 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Johns University

$43,684 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


L
Lake Forest College

$44,284 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
Stephens College

$17,984 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


A
Augustana University

$29,134 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$39,848 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


B
Benedictine University

$23,684 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


L
Lawrence University

$46,133 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


S
St Louis College of Pharmacy

$22,304 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


V
Viterbo University

$22,584 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


M
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

$34,358 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


Q
Quincy University

$26,724 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


B
Benedictine College

$24,984 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


N
Northwestern College

$26,954 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


A
Augustana College

$40,658 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


W
Wisconsin Lutheran College

$25,504 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


K
Knox College

$45,752 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

A
Arizona State University

$2,292 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
San Diego State University

$3,274 lower in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee

$2,316 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


H
University of Houston

$331 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$1,079 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$1,102 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$1,946 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Florida Main Campus

$4,457 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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


O
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

$3,946 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


U
Utah State University

$706 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


L
Louisiana State University

$978 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$2,086 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$2,234 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate