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Iowa tuition and net price

University of Iowa · Iowa City, Iowa · Public · 22,264 undergraduates

$11,622
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$33,710
out-of-state tuition and fees
$29,219
full cost of attendance a year
$22,508
average net price after aid

Residency is worth $22,088 a year in tuition and fees at Iowa: Iowa residents pay $11,622 for 2025-26, everyone else $33,710. Aid covers a modest part of the bill: the average net price of $22,508 is 77% of the $29,219 cost of attendance. For families earning under $30,000 the average net price ($15,353) is higher than in-state tuition, because it also covers housing, food and books.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $15,353Income under $30,000$15,353Income $30,001 to $48,000: $15,374Income $30,001 to $48,000$15,374Income $48,001 to $75,000: $17,179Income $48,001 to $75,000$17,179Income $75,001 to $110,000: $22,278Income $75,001 to $110,000$22,278Income over $110,000: $26,721Income over $110,000$26,721
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'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: $27k In-state: $8k2015-16 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $8k2016-17 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $9k2017-18 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $9k2018-19 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $9k2019-20 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $10k2020-21 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $10k2021-22 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $10k2022-23 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $10k2023-24 Out-of-state: $33k In-state: $11k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $12k
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$11,622$33,710
2023-24$10,964$32,927
2022-23$10,353$32,316
2021-22$9,942$31,905
2020-21$9,606$31,569
2019-20$9,606$31,569
2018-19$9,267$31,233
2017-18$8,965$30,609
2016-17$8,575$28,813
2015-16$8,104$27,890
2014-15$8,079$27,409

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$11,622 in-state, $33,710 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$13,680
Books and supplies
$950
Full cost of attendance
$29,219 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
20%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
41%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,262

Colleges similar to Iowa

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

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA		80%20,970$23,058$71,027
Ohio University
Athens, OH		85%19,633$20,666$61,938
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR		88%20,497$22,547$66,990
Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH		86%19,320$20,294$51,178
Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO		89%25,538$22,247$66,947
University of Missouri, Columbia
Columbia, MO		78%23,929$21,142$69,958

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 on College Scorecard