Published figures, sourced · Updated July 22, 2026
Aviation degree programs in Iowa
Each program's all-in cost, tuition, room & board, and flight fees, from the school's own published pages. In-state and out-of-state are shown separately, since residency changes the total. These are planning estimates, not the schools' quotes.
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Estherville, IA
Published figures
- Tuition (in-state)
- $5,496/yr
- Room & board
- $7,260/yr
- Flight (whole program)
- $70,501
From Iowa Lakes Community College's official pages·Source
PilotBound all-in · 2-year AAS
$96Kin-state
$96.7K out-of-state
Tuition + room & board + flight, over 2 years.
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Published figures
- Tuition
- $45,521/yr
- Room & board
- $13,040/yr
- Flight (whole program)
- $72,540
From University of Dubuque's official pages·Source
PilotBound all-in · 4-year BS
$307K
4-year all-in (one tuition rate)
Tuition + room & board + flight, over 4 years.
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Common questions about Iowa aviation degrees
- How much does an aviation degree cost in Iowa?
- Across the 2 Iowa aviation degree programs listed here, PilotBound's all-in estimates for an in-state student run from $96,013 to $306,784, summing each school's own published tuition, room and board, and flight fees. Residency and flight-fee structure move the totals most. These are PilotBound sums of published figures, not the schools' quotes.
- Do Iowa aviation degrees lower the 1,500-hour airline requirement?
- Yes. Every program listed here is a qualifying aviation degree under 14 CFR 61.160: a bachelor's lowers the restricted-ATP minimum to 1,000 hours and an associate's to 1,250, against the standard 1,500. That reduction is the concrete thing the degree buys beyond the credential itself.
- Where do these Iowa college figures come from?
- Every line item is the school's own published figure, tuition from its tuition page and flight fees from its flight-fee schedule, each linked from the program's page. PilotBound sums them into the all-in estimate; the schools do not set or endorse that total. The directory was last checked July 22, 2026, and a school can correct its listing anytime.