Iowa Colleges with the Highest Acceptance Rate

Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Iowa Colleges to get in is 78.25% for the academic year 2023-2024.

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.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $31,091 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,390 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. Easiest Iowa Colleges To Get In Comparison
School NameAcceptance RateYieldSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Wartburg College Waverly, IAPrivate, 4-year 99.02%
1.57%
17.00%1,045$51,0401,44467.00%13 to 1
2
1
Grand View University Des Moines, IAPrivate, 4-year 98.02%
0.39%
21.02%-$33,4501,82752.00%12 to 1
3
1
Maharishi International University Fairfield, IAPrivate, 4-year 96.90%
2.61%
50.40%-$16,5302,67350.00%13 to 1
4
1
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year 94.00%
0.95%
33.00%1,130$21,272
($9,728)
8,94563.00%17 to 1
5
17
Upper Iowa University Fayette, IAPrivate, 4-year 92.95%
38.72%
23.99%1,050$19,0003,07242.00%13 to 1
6
1
Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year 89.00%
1.22%
29.00%1,240$27,683
($10,497)
29,96974.00%18 to 1
7
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Northwestern College Orange City, IAPrivate, 4-year 87.01%
0.32%
27.96%-$35,3001,65162.00%15 to 1
8
1
University of Dubuque Dubuque, IAPrivate, 4-year 86.99%
1.94%
24.02%1,060$40,0651,77639.00%9 to 1
9
1
University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year 85.00%
1.00%
23.00%1,220$32,927
($10,964)
30,01573.00%16 to 1
10
6
Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IAPrivate, 4-year 83.00%
8.51%
13.01%-$33,6461,23748.00%13 to 1
Average91.19%26.24%1,124$31,091
($10,396)
8,26157.00%14 to 1