Iowa State University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 74% last year.
University of Iowa with 73% and University of Northern Iowa with 63% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Iowa Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $27,294 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,006 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 89.33% and the average SAT score is 1,197 at the schools.
| School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year | 74.00% 2.05% | $27,683 ($10,497) | 29.00% | 89.00% | 1,240 | 29,969 | 18 to 1 |
| 2 - | University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year | 73.00% 0.72% | $32,927 ($10,964) | 23.00% | 85.00% | 1,220 | 30,015 | 16 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year | 63.00% 5.91% | $21,272 ($9,728) | 33.00% | 94.00% | 1,130 | 8,945 | 17 to 1 |
| Average | 70.00% | $27,294 ($10,396) | 28.33% | 89.33% | 1,197 | 22,976 | 17 to 1 |