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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Ia

34 colleges and universities in Ia with 557 school+major combinations analyzed.

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34
Schools
$27K
Avg Median Debt
$57K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Ia

St Luke's College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $17K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary

private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $48K/yr

Grinnell College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Dordt University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Iowa State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $67K/yr

Waldorf University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

University of Northern Iowa

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Divine Word College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $46K/yr

Northwestern College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

University of Iowa

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Loras College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Drake University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Simpson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Central College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Luther College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Wartburg College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Briar Cliff University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Morningside University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Cornell College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Coe College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Grand View University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

William Penn University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Clarke University

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Mount Mercy University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Buena Vista University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Saint Ambrose University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $60K/yr

Emmaus Bible College

private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Graceland University-Lamoni

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

University of Dubuque

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Mercy College of Health Sciences

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $33K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Maharishi International University

private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Palmer College of Chiropractic

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $37K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Upper Iowa University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $38K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Orion Technical College

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $46K
Avg earnings: $65K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 34 colleges and universities in Ia, covering 557 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Ia is $27K. First-year earnings average $57K.

Among tracked schools, St Luke's College has one of the lowest average debt levels in Ia. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. degree-granting institutions with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.