Largest Iowa Public Colleges

University of Iowa is the largest public Iowa college with 30,015 students. The percentage of online students is 10.66% at the school.

Iowa State University with 29,969 students and University of Northern Iowa with 8,945 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.

University of Iowa ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Iowa State University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.

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.

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 Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year 30,015
106
21,9738,04213,31616,6993,20016 to 1
2
1
Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year 29,969
739
25,2414,72816,41713,5521,01318 to 1
3
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University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year 8,945
272
7,7351,2103,2395,70695517 to 1
Average22,97618,3164,66010,99111,9861,72317 to 1