Largest Iowa Private Colleges With Most Students

Drake University is the largest private Iowa college with 4,685 students. The percentage of online students is 9.20% at the school.

Saint Ambrose University with 2,747 students and Morningside University with 2,249 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.

Drake University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Saint Ambrose University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,496 and graduate tuition & fees is $10,990 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 70.67% and the average SAT score is 1,240 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 Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Drake University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year 4,685
190
2,8351,8501,7522,93343110 to 1
2
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Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year 2,747
166
2,1186291,1501,59715712 to 1
3
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Morningside University Sioux City, IAPrivate, 4-year 2,249
70
1,1861,0637821,4671,10313 to 1
4
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Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year 2,178
4
322,1461,23594336 to 1
5
1
Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,973
14
1,4744996001,37397812 to 1
6
1
Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,861
77
1,61824388397837114 to 1
7
1
Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,827
70
1,5562718021,02525812 to 1
8
3
University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,776
225
1,444332988788519 to 1
9
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Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,759
11
1,759-835924-9 to 1
10
4
Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,651
138
1,1534986451,00652815 to 1
Average2,2711,5188379671,30343111 to 1
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