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Graduate Program - Costs of Living Comparator
Cost of Living Comparison:
Iowa City is a very affordable city to live in. The cost of living in every city in comparison to the national average can be found at www.bestplaces.net/
Best places© cost of living indices are based on a US average of 100. An amount below 100 means Iowa City, IA is cheaper than the US average. A cost of living index above 100 means Iowa City, IA is more expensive.
Overall, Iowa City, IA has a very reasonable cost of living of 91.23.
This compares favorably with other university locations with equivalent colleges of pharmacy across the country including (data from Sept 2007 searches):
Chicago, Illinois cost of living is 126.45.
Los Angeles, California cost of living is 155.66.
Ann Arbor, Michigan cost of living is 98.74.
Minneapolis, Minnesota cost of living is 102.14.
San Diego, California cost of living is 146.78.
Madison, Wisconsin cost of living is 93.46.
Austin, Texas cost of living is 96.14.
Tucson, Arizona cost of living is 94.9.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina cost of living is 127.41.
Salary and Re-location Calculator
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A student earning $22,500 in Iowa City would have to earn the following amounts in nearby cities:
The salaries listed are cost-of-living adjusted.
Iowa City, IA $22,500
Des Moines, IA $23,456
Chicago, IL $34,649
Urbana, IL $26,984
Bloomington, IN $24,739
Lafayette, IN $25,745
Minneapolis, MN $30,989
Rochester, MN $32,124
Kansas City, MO $29,880
St. Louis, MO $27,391
Omaha, NE $25,456
Columbus, OH $27,246
Madison, WI $28,816
Milwaukee, WI $27,990
More about Iowa City from the Graduate College:
Iowa City has been chosen the number one place to live in the country by Editor & Publisher magazine, and one of "The Ten Most Enlightened Towns in America" by Utne magazine.
"A picturesque campus, a thriving social scene, and the excitement of Big Ten athletic teams."—The Insider's Guide to the Colleges 2007.
The best town in the Midwest, and one of the best 30 towns in America.—Outside magazine, 2007.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked Iowa City its No. 10 "smart city" in 2006 for its reasonable cost of living and thriving cultural scene.
Expansion Management magazine named Iowa City the No. 3 most-livable city in the United States by measuring housing affordability and rent, income levels, tax burden, and unemployment figures. The magazine also ranked the Iowa City metropolitan area among the very best in the nation for quality K-12 schools.
#2 in the Editor & Publisher Market Guide’s 2005 Better Living Index, which compares cost-of-living, crime, and education data.
#3 most-educated metropolitan area in America in a USA Today analysis of the 2000 Census.
American City Business Journals rate Johnson County No. 1 in Iowa and in the top 4 percent in the country when it comes to quality of living.
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