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 Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Drake University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year	4,685 190	2,835	1,850	1,752	2,933	431	10 to 1
2 -	Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,747 166	2,118	629	1,150	1,597	157	12 to 1
3 -	Morningside University Sioux City, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,249 70	1,186	1,063	782	1,467	1,103	13 to 1
4 -	Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport, IAPrivate, 4-year	2,178 4	32	2,146	1,235	943	3	6 to 1
5 1	Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,973 14	1,474	499	600	1,373	978	12 to 1
6 1	Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,861 77	1,618	243	883	978	371	14 to 1
7 1	Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,827 70	1,556	271	802	1,025	258	12 to 1
8 3	University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,776 225	1,444	332	988	788	51	9 to 1
9 -	Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,759 11	1,759	-	835	924	-	9 to 1
10 4	Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year	1,651 138	1,153	498	645	1,006	528	15 to 1
	Average	2,271	1,518	837	967	1,303	431	11 to 1