College ROI

Smarter Choices, Brighter Futures

bachelor Institutions in Iowa

Comparing financial ROI and outcomes for 32 institutions.

Institution
Net Price
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)
Value Added (Med Cost)
Social ROI
Pell ROI
Waldorf University
Forest City
$24,003
/yr
$72,736
Nat: $61,632
+$55k
+66.8%
-42.4%
Grinnell
$15,203
/yr
$67,917
Nat: $61,632
+$50k
-35.7%
-76.5%
Ames
$18,517
/yr
$68,918
Nat: $61,632
+$46k
+145.4%
-11.8%
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Des Moines
$25,670
/yr
$71,201
Nat: $61,632
+$38k
+92.0%
-32.8%
Iowa City
$22,508
/yr
$69,420
Nat: $61,632
+$35k
+112.8%
-24.0%
Des Moines
$29,415
/yr
$70,580
Nat: $61,632
+$19k
+1.9%
-64.1%
Davenport
$23,689
/yr
$66,452
Nat: $61,632
+$8k
-4.7%
-64.3%
Waterloo
-
/yr
$74,596
Nat: $61,632
-
-
-
Epworth
-
/yr
-
Nat: $61,632
-
-
-
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Davenport
-
/yr
-
Nat: $61,632
-
-
-
Waverly
$23,374
/yr
$63,590
Nat: $61,632
-$13k
-7.9%
-62.7%
Cedar Rapids
$23,935
/yr
$63,656
Nat: $61,632
-$15k
-30.6%
-72.0%
Dubuque
$22,910
/yr
$61,179
Nat: $61,632
-$31k
-45.1%
-75.4%
Indianola
$20,460
/yr
$60,010
Nat: $61,632
-$31k
-59.7%
-80.5%
Sioux City
$27,472
/yr
$62,378
Nat: $61,632
-$37k
-40.3%
-74.7%
Cedar Falls
$16,038
/yr
$56,878
Nat: $61,632
-$40k
-42.6%
-59.9%
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
$21,119
/yr
$59,043
Nat: $61,632
-$41k
-38.4%
-67.7%
Cedar Rapids
$18,647
/yr
$57,806
Nat: $61,632
-$42k
-76.1%
-85.6%
Dubuque
$26,095
/yr
$60,438
Nat: $61,632
-$48k
-51.7%
-77.3%
Des Moines
$21,705
/yr
$58,100
Nat: $61,632
-$51k
-63.5%
-78.9%
Decorah
$23,945
/yr
$58,653
Nat: $61,632
-$54k
-70.2%
-83.8%
William Penn University
Oskaloosa
$23,749
/yr
$58,447
Nat: $61,632
-$55k
-56.2%
-75.6%
Pella
$22,894
/yr
$58,035
Nat: $61,632
-$56k
-53.1%
-72.6%
Sioux Center
$25,944
/yr
$59,394
Nat: $61,632
-$56k
-56.8%
-78.1%
Sioux City
$23,505
/yr
$58,222
Nat: $61,632
-$56k
-66.4%
-80.8%
University of Dubuque
Dubuque
$25,171
/yr
$58,938
Nat: $61,632
-$57k
-61.5%
-79.6%
Lamoni
$19,899
/yr
$55,977
Nat: $61,632
-$62k
-73.3%
-77.0%
Mount Vernon
$25,297
/yr
$54,640
Nat: $61,632
-$92k
-93.5%
-89.7%
Buena Vista University
Storm Lake
$18,855
/yr
$51,814
Nat: $61,632
-$92k
-111.6%
-92.2%
Orange City
$24,716
/yr
$54,311
Nat: $61,632
-$93k
-93.9%
-86.9%
Ankeny
$16,517
/yr
$35,286
Nat: $61,632
-$223k
-309.1%
-128.0%
Maharishi International University
Fairfield
$16,579
/yr
$30,654
Nat: $61,632
-$263k
-404.8%
-144.7%