Tightest Iowa Public Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 3 public Iowa colleges that have competitive admission is 89.33% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.06%. The acceptance rate at 0 public Iowa colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.

University of Iowa has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 85.00%. Iowa State University (89.00%) and University of Northern Iowa (94.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Iowa Public 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.

University of Iowa stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Iowa State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,294 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,006 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest Iowa Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year	85.00% 1.00%	23.00%	1,220	$32,927 ($10,964)	30,015	73.00%	16 to 1
2 -	Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year	89.00% 1.22%	29.00%	1,240	$27,683 ($10,497)	29,969	74.00%	18 to 1
3 -	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year	94.00% 0.95%	33.00%	1,130	$21,272 ($9,728)	8,945	63.00%	17 to 1
	Average	89.33%	28.33%	1,197	$27,294 ($10,396)	22,976	70.00%	17 to 1

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