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Best earnings-to-cost value in Iowa
43 colleges in Iowa with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Marshalltown Community College · IA · Public5.09×2Western Iowa Tech Community College · IA · Public4.61×3Iowa Central Community College · IA · Public4.51×4Hawkeye Community College · IA · Public4.44×5North Iowa Area Community College · IA · Public4.34×6Kirkwood Community College · IA · Public4.23×7Southwestern Community College · IA · Public4.07×8Indian Hills Community College · IA · Public3.79×9Des Moines Area Community College · IA · Public3.67×10Northeast Iowa Community College · IA · Public3.66×11Grinnell College · IA · Private (nonprofit)3.56×12University of Northern Iowa · IA · Public3.47×13Northwest Iowa Community College · IA · Public3.43×14Iowa State University · IA · Public3.41×15Iowa Lakes Community College · IA · Public3.09×16Coe College · IA · Private (nonprofit)3.05×17Mount Mercy University · IA · Private (nonprofit)3.01×18Southeastern Community College · IA · Public2.99×19Iowa Western Community College · IA · Public2.93×20University of Iowa · IA · Public2.87×21Loras College · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.81×22Eastern Iowa Community College District · IA · Public2.79×23Simpson College · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.7×24Buena Vista University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.61×25Waldorf University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.6×26Luther College · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.59×27Graceland University-Lamoni · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.56×28Upper Iowa University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.52×29Drake University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.47×30Grand View University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.43×31Saint Ambrose University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.41×32Central College · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.32×33Mercy College of Health Sciences · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.31×34Briar Cliff University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.28×35Clarke University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.26×36Cornell College · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.26×37University of Dubuque · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.19×38William Penn University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.17×39Dordt University · IA · Private (nonprofit)2.04×40Northwestern College · IA · Private (nonprofit)1.92×
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted only by best earnings-to-cost value — this is not an overall quality ranking.