A total of 202,899 students are enrolled in Iowa colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 175,081 undergraduate and 27,818 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 86.29% and the proportion of graduate students is 13.71%.

By school level, 119,415 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 82,833 students enrolled in community colleges, and 651 students enrolled in trade schools.

For Iowa colleges, University of Iowa has the most number of students of 30,015 among 4-year colleges. For Iowa community colleges, Des Moines Area Community College has the most students of 21,637 and Capri College-Dubuque is the largest trade school with 175.

Student Population By School Level for Iowa Colleges

By attending status, there are 128,892 full-time students and 74,007 part-time students at Iowa colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Iowa colleges. A total of 202,899 students have enrolled in Iowa colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Iowa Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Allen CollegePrivate, 4-year4972782483021914574
Briar Cliff UniversityPrivate, 4-year927709556153218112106
Buena Vista UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,9731,4741,2951794999490
Capri College-DubuquePrivate, Less than 2-year175175175----
Capri College-Cedar RapidsPrivate, Less than 2-year142142142----
Central CollegePrivate, 4-year1,1691,1691,11851---
Clarke UniversityPrivate, 4-year965785706791809288
Coe CollegePrivate, 4-year1,2641,2641,24222---
Cornell CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0731,0581,05711587
Des Moines Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year21,63721,6375,25716,380---
Divine Word CollegePrivate, 4-year68685612---
Dordt UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8611,6181,45915924323220
Drake UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,6852,8352,744911,8508401,010
University of DubuquePrivate, 4-year1,7761,4441,20723733228448
Ellsworth Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year718718518200---
Emmaus Bible CollegePrivate, 4-year20620617036---
Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictPublic, 2-4 year7,1457,1451,9315,214---
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year44837728394712843
Graceland University-LamoniPrivate, 4-year1,23788581867352158194
Grand View UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,8271,5561,390166271134137
Grinnell CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7591,7591,70653---
Orion Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year757575----
Hawkeye Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,7874,7871,8342,953---
American Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year202020----
Indian Hills Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,3613,3611,6651,696---
Iowa Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,0585,0582,6372,421---
Iowa Lakes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,9601,9607691,191---
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year191919----
Iowa School of Beauty-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 year777777----
Iowa State UniversityPublic, 4-year29,96925,24123,9921,2494,7283,0291,699
Iowa Western Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,3425,3422,3083,034---
University of IowaPublic, 4-year30,01521,97320,2551,7188,0425,0512,991
Kirkwood Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year12,40612,4064,1668,240---
La James International College-Cedar FallsPrivate, 2-4 year393939----
La James International College-JohnstonPrivate, 2-4 year575757----
La James College of Hairstyling and CosmetologyPrivate, 2-4 year595959----
La James International College-Ft DodgePrivate, 2-4 year212121----
Loras CollegePrivate, 4-year1,3191,2271,14780928111
Luther CollegePrivate, 4-year1,6101,6101,59317---
Maharishi International UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,6736814552261,9921,289703
Marshalltown Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,7071,7077041,003---
Mercy College of Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year9119094574522-2
Morningside UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,2491,1861,128581,063591,004
Mount Mercy UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,5261,271998273255105150
North Iowa Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,4792,4791,1381,341---
University of Northern IowaPublic, 4-year8,9457,7356,9767591,210399811
Northwestern CollegePrivate, 4-year1,6511,1531,01913449896402
Northeast Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,3554,3559673,388---
Northwest Iowa Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,8111,8115691,242---
Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical CenterPrivate, 4-year1,527---1,5271,392135
Palmer College of ChiropracticPrivate, 4-year2,178322842,1462,11333
PCI Academy-AmesPrivate, 2-4 year12612620106---
Saint Ambrose UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,7472,1182,03088629441188
St Luke's CollegePrivate, 4-year19619686110---
La James International College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 year969696----
Simpson CollegePrivate, 4-year1,1511,1271,0626524168
Southeastern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,4762,4761,1701,306---
Southwestern Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,5811,581652929---
Capri College-DavenportPrivate, Less than 2-year146146146----
Iowa School of Beauty-Sioux CityPrivate, 2-4 year131313----
SOHO Hair AcademyPrivate, 2-4 year303030----
Upper Iowa UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,0722,4631,2491,214609468141
Waldorf UniversityPrivate, 4-year2,7632,2951,577718468195273
Wartburg CollegePrivate, 4-year1,4441,4161,3635328235
Wartburg Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year186---18616917
The Salon Professional Academy-Cedar FallsPrivate, Less than 2-year949494----
Western Iowa Tech Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,1505,1501,6383,512---
William Penn UniversityPrivate, 4-year1,4731,4041,290114694326
Mercy-St Luke's School of Radiologic TechnologyPrivate, 2-4 year222222----
Ross College-DavenportPrivate, 2-4 year2828244---
Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit LakePrivate, Less than 2-year191919----
Carlson College of Massage TherapyPrivate, Less than 2-year323232----
Aveda Institute-Des MoinesPrivate, 2-4 year180180180----
PCI Academy-Iowa CityPrivate, 2-4 year73731063---
Body Wisdom Massage Therapy SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year4343376---