Graduate Programs at Iowa Best Colleges

Graduate Programs Comparison at 10 Iowa Best Colleges

The following table lists the 10 best Graduate Programs at Iowa Best Colleges out of 18 schools. The average graduate tuition & fees of the schools is $15,514 for academic year 2022-2023. The average graduate student population is 1,683 and the schools offer 59 major programs (programs for master and doctorate) in average.

University of Iowa has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $34,882, and Cornell College has the lowest graduate costs of $2,800.
University of Iowa has the most graduate students of 8,042, and Cornell College has the lowest number of graduate students of 15.
University of Iowa offers the most graduate programs (244 programs), and Cornell College has the smallest number of graduate programs of 1 programs.

Comparison Table between Graduate Programs at Iowa Best Colleges

Graduate Programs at Iowa Best Colleges Comparison
Rank^*	Name	Graduate Tuition & Fees	Graduate Students	Number of Graduate Programs	Number of Online Graduate Programs	Students to Faculty Ratio
2	Drake UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsDes Moines, IA	$12,777	1,850	23 programs	7 programs	10 to 1
3	Iowa State UniversityPublic, 4 yearsAmes, IA	$29,303 ($12,451 Residents)	4,728	207 programs	2 programs	18 to 1
5	University of IowaPublic, 4 yearsIowa City, IA	$34,882 ($13,211 Residents)	8,042	244 programs	13 programs	16 to 1
6	Simpson CollegePrivate, 4 yearsIndianola, IA	$7,244	24	3 programs	1 programs	10 to 1
7	University of Northern IowaPublic, 4 yearsCedar Falls, IA	$22,834 ($11,362 Residents)	1,210	65 programs	13 programs	17 to 1
10	Wartburg CollegePrivate, 4 yearsWaverly, IA	$11,500	28	2 programs	1 programs	13 to 1
11	Buena Vista UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsStorm Lake, IA	$10,170	499	10 programs	8 programs	12 to 1
12	Cornell CollegePrivate, 4 yearsMount Vernon, IA	$2,800	15	1 programs	-	13 to 1
13	Mount Mercy UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsCedar Rapids, IA	$11,410	255	24 programs	2 programs	13 to 1
14	Clarke UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsDubuque, IA	$12,224	180	7 programs	6 programs	9 to 1
	Average	$10,402 Residents $15,514 Out-of-State	1,683	59 programs	6 programs	13.10 to 1

^*The rank in Iowa Ranking. Schools for discontinuous number do not have graduate programs.

^**Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.