College Debt & ROI in Ia
34 colleges and universities in Ia with 557 school+major combinations analyzed.
See full Ia college ROI rankings →All Schools in Ia
St Luke's College
private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Grinnell College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Dordt University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Iowa State University
public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Waldorf University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
University of Northern Iowa
public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Divine Word College
private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Northwestern College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
University of Iowa
public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Loras College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Drake University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Simpson College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Central College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Luther College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Wartburg College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Briar Cliff University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Morningside University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%
Cornell College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Coe College
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Grand View University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%
William Penn University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Clarke University
private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Mount Mercy University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Buena Vista University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Saint Ambrose University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%
Emmaus Bible College
private · 8 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Graceland University-Lamoni
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
University of Dubuque
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Mercy College of Health Sciences
private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Maharishi International University
private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Palmer College of Chiropractic
private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Upper Iowa University
private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%
Orion Technical College
private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%
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.