Private Colleges in Iowa

The 2023 Directory of Iowa Private Colleges and Costs

Iowa Private Colleges, Cost and Affordability for 2022

How much does it cost to attend private college in Iowa?   The average annual in-state four year, not for profit private college tuition in Iowa was $31,624 for the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a change of $754 from the 2019-2020 average of $30,870 and represents a 2.44% annual increase. The list of Iowa private colleges below provides school specific cost and value rating.

Our guide surveyed tuition data from the 43 private colleges and universities in Iowa, the most popular being Purdue Global Davenport Campus with 7,274 full time students and an in-state tuition list price of $13,356. Grinnell College is the most expensive private school in Iowa with an in-state tuition of $58,156.

Click on any school for current tuition, future cost estimates, school specific savings plans and estimated student loan payments. Iowa colleges can also be filtered by public, private, community colleges and four year schools. Additionally, cost based sorting is available for the lowest and highest tuition options. Jump directly to our ranking of best values in Iowa or cheap Iowa colleges guide.

<Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc proprietary national percentile ranking of a college's overall difficulty and educational effectiveness. An average score is 50. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average net price paid. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our ratings.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2020-2021 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Explore Iowa Colleges

School Tuition Rating Value
AIB College of Business

Des Moines, Iowa

$15,300 NA NA
Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa

$18,956 NA NA
Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa

$32,526 NA NA
Brown Mackie College Quad Cities

Bettendorf, Iowa

$11,592 NA NA
Buena Vista University

Storm Lake, Iowa

$37,518 49 77
Central College

Pella, Iowa

$19,250 58 98
Clarke University

Dubuque, Iowa

$35,740 55 49
Coe College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

$48,472 NA NA
Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa

$47,100 59 75
Divine Word College

Epworth, Iowa

$14,000 NA NA
Dordt College

Sioux Center, Iowa

$33,590 59 54
Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

$45,734 75 83
Emmaus Bible College

Dubuque, Iowa

$19,550 54 73
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary

Ankeny, Iowa

$17,480 40 34
Graceland University Lamoni

Lamoni, Iowa

$31,250 47 70
Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa

$30,224 NA NA
Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa

$58,156 88 93
Hamilton Technical College

Davenport, Iowa

$14,450 NA NA
Iowa Wesleyan College

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

$32,550 25 NA
Loras College

Dubuque, Iowa

$33,500 NA NA