Iowa Colleges where Students Complete in Time

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.

Table. Iowa Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Iowa State University Ames, IAPublic, 4-year 74.00%
2.05%
$27,683
($10,497)
29.00%89.00%1,24029,96918 to 1
2
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University of Iowa Iowa City, IAPublic, 4-year 73.00%
0.72%
$32,927
($10,964)
23.00%85.00%1,22030,01516 to 1
3
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University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IAPublic, 4-year 63.00%
5.91%
$21,272
($9,728)
33.00%94.00%1,1308,94517 to 1
Average70.00%$27,294
($10,396)
28.33%89.33%1,19722,97617 to 1