Best Iowa State Schools

View the Best Iowa State Schools and compare the schools with key academic characteristics such as tuition and test scores to get right decision.

Top Iowa State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 7 Iowa State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. Coe College ranked top in the Best Iowa State Schools and Cornell College and Drake University follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $46,992 for undergraduate programs $19,941 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Iowa State Programs is 1,278 and the acceptance rate is 68.14%. The average students to faculty ratio is 12.43 to 1 for top Iowa State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top Iowa State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
724 Coe College
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Private, 4-yearsCedar Rapids, IA
$52,576 $40,121 1,264- - 10 to 1
1019 Cornell College
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Private, 4-yearsMount Vernon, IA
$50,634 $35,483 1,07379% 1,260 SAT
26 ACT
13 to 1
140 Drake University
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Private, 4-yearsDes Moines, IA
$49,944 $29,576 4,68567% 1,270 SAT
28 ACT
10 to 1
39 Grinnell College
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Private, 4-yearsGrinnell, IA
$64,862 $43,476 1,75911% 1,480 SAT
33 ACT
9 to 1
371 Iowa State University
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Public, 4-yearsAmes, IA
$27,683
($10,497)
$9,461 29,96990% 1,220 SAT
24 ACT
18 to 1
594 University of Iowa
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Public, 4-yearsIowa City, IA
$32,927
($10,964)
$10,058 30,01586% 1,230 SAT
25 ACT
16 to 1
278 Luther College
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Private, 4-yearsDecorah, IA
$50,320 $35,965 1,61075% 1,205 SAT
26 ACT
11 to 1
Average$46,992
($10,731)
$29,163 70,37568.14% 1,278 SAT
27.0000 ACT
12.43 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023