Most Favored Iowa Private Colleges

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 10 Most Favored Iowa Private Colleges is 21.47% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Maharishi International University has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 50.40% and Dordt University (40.99%) and Grinnell College (35.98%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Iowa Private Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Maharishi International University has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 50.40% and Dordt University has the second highest yield of 40.99%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $36,090 and graduate tuition & fees is $12,325 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.38% and the average SAT score is 1,188 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Iowa Private Colleges Comparison
	School Name	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year	50.40% 4.15%	96.90%	-	$16,530	2,673	50.00%	13 to 1
2 1	Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year	40.99% 6.68%	70.97%	1,130	$35,960	1,861	67.00%	14 to 1
3 1	Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year	35.98% 4.63%	13.00%	1,490	$64,862	1,759	88.00%	9 to 1
4 -	Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year	27.96% 1.88%	87.01%	-	$35,300	1,651	62.00%	15 to 1
5 2	University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year	24.02% 0.34%	86.99%	1,060	$40,065	1,776	39.00%	9 to 1
6 3	Waldorf University Forest City, IAPrivate, 4-year	24.01% 1.96%	72.99%	-	$25,220	2,763	25.00%	24 to 1
7 2	Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year	23.99% 4.36%	92.95%	1,050	$19,000	3,072	42.00%	13 to 1
8 4	Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year	21.02% 3.19%	98.02%	-	$33,450	1,827	52.00%	12 to 1
9 3	Luther College Decorah, IAPrivate, 4-year	19.99% 4.28%	72.99%	1,210	$50,320	1,610	74.00%	11 to 1
10 -	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year	19.96% 0.41%	72.02%	-	$40,190	1,973	57.00%	12 to 1
	Average	28.83%	76.38%	1,188	$36,090	2,097	55.60%	13 to 1

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