Largest Iowa 4-Years Colleges With Most Students

University of Iowa is the largest Iowa college with 30,015 students. The percentage of online students is 10.66% at the school.

Iowa State University with 29,969 students and University of Northern Iowa with 8,945 students are following it in the largetst Iowa college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Iowa online colleges.

University of Iowa ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Iowa State University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,661 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,031 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 79.67% and the average SAT score is 1,200 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest Iowa 4-Years Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year	30,015 106	21,973	8,042	13,316	16,699	3,200	16 to 1
2 1	Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year	29,969 739	25,241	4,728	16,417	13,552	1,013	18 to 1
3 -	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year	8,945 272	7,735	1,210	3,239	5,706	955	17 to 1
4 -	Drake University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year	4,685 190	2,835	1,850	1,752	2,933	431	10 to 1
5 -	Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,747 166	2,118	629	1,150	1,597	157	12 to 1
6 -	Morningside University Sioux City, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,249 70	1,186	1,063	782	1,467	1,103	13 to 1
7 -	Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,178 4	32	2,146	1,235	943	3	6 to 1
8 1	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,973 14	1,474	499	600	1,373	978	12 to 1
9 1	Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,861 77	1,618	243	883	978	371	14 to 1
10 1	Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,827 70	1,556	271	802	1,025	258	12 to 1
	Average	8,645	6,577	2,068	4,018	4,627	847	13 to 1

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