University of Iowa vs University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Iowa City, IA · Denver, CO · largest Scorecard gap: avg net price

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Pair IA:CO

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-NET

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IA × CO
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-NET Largest gap · Avg Net Price

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus: net price ranged $13,322–$19,133 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +40.7% is not a trend (r² 0.20).
  • University of Iowa: average net price rose +30.1% from $16,447 (2013) to $21,398 (2023), r² 0.75.
  • University of Iowa: acceptance rate eased +5.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.58).
  • University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.06).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Largest gaps: University of Iowa vs University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

  1. AVG-NET-PRICE University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on avg net price ($11,900 vs $22,531 at University of Iowa)
  2. 150%-TIME-COMPLETI University of Iowa leads on 150%-time completion (73.9% vs 46.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus)
  3. RETENTION-RATE University of Iowa leads on retention rate (90.4% vs 72.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus)

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Avg Net Price and other Scorecard questions

On avg net price, who leads between University of Iowa and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus leads on avg net price at $11,900 versus $22,531 at University of Iowa. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On 150%-time completion, who leads between University of Iowa and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?
University of Iowa leads on 150%-time completion at 73.9% versus 46.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On retention rate, who leads between University of Iowa and University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus?
University of Iowa leads on retention rate at 90.4% versus 72.7% at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); avg net price focus for this pair · 2025