Iowa Private Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

In Iowa, 10,463 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students increased by 158 from last year.

Upper Iowa University has the most online students of 2,114 out of 3,072.00 total students (68.82%) among 16 Iowa colleges that offer online programs.

Waldorf University with 2,096 online students and Maharishi International University with 1,474 online students are following it in The largest online Iowa Private Colleges ranking.

Upper Iowa University stays at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. Waldorf University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,273 and graduate tuition & fees is $12,668 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 76.79% and the average SAT score is 1,103 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Iowa Private Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
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Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year 2,114
141
3,0722,4636091,2471,825$19,000
2
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Waldorf University Forest City, IAPrivate, 4-year 2,096
229
2,7632,2954681,7031,060$25,220
3
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Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,474
36
2,6736811,9921,3821,291$16,530
4
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Morningside University Sioux City, IAPrivate, 4-year 1,103
37
2,2491,1861,0637821,467$38,190
5
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Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IAPrivate, 4-year 978
47
1,9731,4744996001,373$40,190
6
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Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year 528
61
1,6511,1534986451,006$35,300
7
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Drake University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year 431
31
4,6852,8351,8501,7522,933$49,944
8
1
Dordt University Sioux Center, IAPrivate, 4-year 371
6
1,8611,618243883978$35,960
9
2
Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IAPrivate, 4-year 352
110
1,237885352562675$33,646
10
1
William Penn University Oskaloosa, IAPrivate, 4-year 286
33
1,4731,40469740733$28,750
Average9732,3641,5997641,0301,334$32,273