The average acceptance rate of the 20 private Iowa colleges that have competitive admission is 76.59% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.63%. The acceptance rate at 9 private Iowa colleges increased and the rate of 11 colleges decreased.
Grinnell College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 13.00%. Drake University (64.00%) and Clarke University (67.99%) are following it in the list of Tightest Iowa Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Grinnell College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Drake University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $43,246 and graduate tuition & fees is $11,532 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year | 13.00% 2.24% | 35.98% | 1,490 | $64,862 | 1,759 | 88.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Drake University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year | 64.00% 3.23% | 13.00% | 1,280 | $49,944 | 4,685 | 76.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 3 11 | Clarke University Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year | 67.99% 16.81% | 9.00% | 980 | $39,600 | 965 | 57.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 13 | Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year | 70.97% 16.70% | 40.99% | 1,130 | $35,960 | 1,861 | 67.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 5 - | Coe College Cedar Rapids, IAPrivate, 4-year | 70.99% 1.67% | 6.99% | 1,170 | $52,576 | 1,264 | 65.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Morningside University Sioux City, IAPrivate, 4-year | 71.01% 0.40% | 17.02% | - | $38,190 | 2,249 | 56.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 7 4 | Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year | 72.02% 5.25% | 19.96% | - | $40,190 | 1,973 | 57.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Luther College Decorah, IAPrivate, 4-year | 72.99% 2.33% | 19.99% | 1,210 | $50,320 | 1,610 | 74.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 2 | Waldorf University Forest City, IAPrivate, 4-year | 72.99% 0.87% | 24.01% | - | $25,220 | 2,763 | 25.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 10 3 | Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year | 73.00% 0.92% | 17.00% | - | $35,598 | 2,747 | 64.00% | 12 to 1 |
| Average | 64.90% | 20.39% | 1,210 | $43,246 | 2,188 | 62.90% | 12 to 1 |