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Iowa State tuition and net price

Iowa State University · Ames, Iowa · Public · 25,367 undergraduates

$11,092
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$30,140
out-of-state tuition and fees
$24,539
full cost of attendance a year
$18,517
average net price after aid

Residency is worth $19,048 a year in tuition and fees at Iowa State: Iowa residents pay $11,092 for 2025-26, everyone else $30,140. Aid covers a modest part of the bill: the average net price of $18,517 is 75% of the $24,539 cost of attendance. For families earning under $30,000 the average net price ($11,957) is higher than in-state tuition, because it also covers housing, food and books.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $11,957Income under $30,000$11,957Income $30,001 to $48,000: $12,869Income $30,001 to $48,000$12,869Income $48,001 to $75,000: $14,013Income $48,001 to $75,000$14,013Income $75,001 to $110,000: $19,173Income $75,001 to $110,000$19,173Income over $110,000: $22,905Income over $110,000$22,905
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Iowa State's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $21k In-state: $8k2015-16 Out-of-state: $21k In-state: $8k2016-17 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $8k2017-18 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $9k2018-19 Out-of-state: $23k In-state: $9k2019-20 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $9k2020-21 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $9k2021-22 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $10k2022-23 Out-of-state: $27k In-state: $10k2023-24 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $10k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $11k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$11,092$30,140
2023-24$10,497$27,683
2022-23$10,133$26,617
2021-22$9,634$25,446
2020-21$9,316$24,504
2019-20$9,320$24,508
2018-19$8,988$23,392
2017-18$8,636$22,472
2016-17$8,219$21,583
2015-16$7,736$20,856
2014-15$7,731$20,617

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$11,092 in-state, $30,140 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$10,928
Books and supplies
$800
Full cost of attendance
$24,539 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
23%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
44%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,250

Colleges similar to Iowa State

The six public four-year colleges closest to Iowa State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ		90%22,903$17,265$59,083
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO		89%25,538$22,247$66,947
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA		88%21,790$16,785$59,167
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY		93%24,763$18,868$63,924
Illinois State University
Normal, IL		88%19,057$17,829$67,557
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC		89%19,896$16,880$60,387

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Iowa State on College Scorecard