For Iowa 4-Year Colleges, the 2024 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $10,396 for Iowa residents and $32,897 for out-of-state students.
For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $12,341 for Iowa residents and $14,445 for out-of-state students.
Grinnell College has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $64,862 and Palmer College of Chiropractic has the lowest tuition & fees of $11,400 among Iowa 4-Year Colleges. For graduate programs, University of Iowa has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $34,882 and Cornell College has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $2,800 among Iowa 4-Year Colleges.
You can narrow Iowa colleges down into public schools and private schools to check tuition and other college costs in deep.
The average COA of Iowa 4-Year Colleges in 2024 is $25,407 for state residents and $47,907 for out-of-state students including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $10,396 | $32,897 | $12,341 | $14,445 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,127 | $1,127 | ||
| Room & Board | $10,536 | $10,536 | ||
| Other Expenses | $3,348 | $3,348 | ||
| COA | $25,407 | $47,907 | $27,352 | $29,455 |
The 2024 average undergraduate tuition & fees of Iowa 4-Year Colleges is $10,396 for state residents and $32,897 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for Iowa 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2019-2020 | $7,927 | $1,361 | $29,393 | $735 |
| 2020-2021 | $7,927 | $1,360 | $29,587 | $769 |
| 2021-2022 | $8,153 | $1,390 | $30,364 | $762 |
| 2022-2023 | $8,500 | $1,466 | $31,213 | $811 |
| 2023-2024 | $8,798 | $1,598 | $32,005 | $892 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of Iowa 4-Year Colleges in 2024 is $12,341 for state residents and $14,445 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for Iowa 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2019-2020 | $9,665 | $1,364 | $13,771 | $632 |
| 2020-2021 | $9,665 | $1,363 | $14,254 | $596 |
| 2021-2022 | $9,956 | $1,390 | $14,279 | $530 |
| 2022-2023 | $10,379 | $1,466 | $14,116 | $540 |
| 2023-2024 | $10,761 | $1,581 | $13,834 | $610 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of Iowa 4-Year Colleges in 2024 is $1,071 for state residents and $1,133 for out-of-state students.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $754 for state residents and $853 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| 2019-2020 | $997 | $1,055 | $649 | $748 |
| 2020-2021 | $1,010 | $1,068 | $756 | $851 |
| 2021-2022 | $1,039 | $1,099 | $743 | $836 |
| 2022-2023 | $1,066 | $1,126 | $750 | $842 |
| 2023-2024 | $1,071 | $1,133 | $754 | $853 |
The average living costs of Iowa 4-Year Colleges in 2024 is $13,884 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $14,129 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for Iowa 4-Year Colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2019-2020 | $9,299 | $2,975 | $8,515 | $3,717 |
| 2020-2021 | $9,516 | $2,944 | $8,658 | $3,689 |
| 2021-2022 | $9,756 | $3,012 | $8,830 | $3,809 |
| 2022-2023 | $10,037 | $3,099 | $9,243 | $3,928 |
| 2023-2024 | $10,536 | $3,348 | $9,855 | $4,274 |